Government reform of Alexander I

The early Russian system of government instated by Peter the Great, which consisted of various state committees, each named Collegium with subordinate departments named Prikaz, was largely outdate by by 1800s. The responsibilites of the Collegiums were chosen very randomly and often overlapped.

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Peter the Great - Collegium - Prikaz - 1800s

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Soon after Alexander I inherited the throne, he formed a Privy Committee (????????? ???????) which consisted of Viktor Kochubey, Nikolay Novosiltsev, Pavel Stroganov and Adam Jerzy Czartoryski. Mikhail Speransky took an active part in the Committee, although he wasn't a formal member.

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Alexander I - Privy Committee - Viktor Kochubey - Nikolay Novosiltsev - Pavel Stroganov - Adam Jerzy Czartoryski - Mikhail Speransky

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The reforms proposed by Speransky were to introduce a parliament and a State Council as legislative and executive bodies of the Tsar and to relieve the Governing Senate of these functions, transforming it to a kind if Supreme Court. Speransky even prepared the Constitution project.

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State Council - Governing Senate - Supreme Court

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The reform was stopped by 1810 in spite of Napoleonic wars and growing resistance from conservative nobility, as voiced by Nikolai Karamzin.

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1810 - Napoleonic wars - Nikolai Karamzin

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