Private Committee

Privy Committee (????????? ??????? in Russian) was an unofficial consultative body during the reign of Alexander I in Russia.

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Russian - Alexander I - Russia

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The Private Committee was operational from June of 1801 until late 1803. It comprised the closest associates of the tsar (the so called "young friends"), including Count Pavel Stroganov, Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Counts Viktor Kochubey and Nikolay Novosiltsev. Mikhail Speransky took an active part in the Committee, although he wasn't a formal member.

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June - 1801 - 1803 - Tsar - Count - Pavel Stroganov - Prince - Adam Jerzy Czartoryski - Viktor Kochubey - Nikolay Novosiltsev - Mikhail Speransky

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The Private Committee was a place for discussing many governmental undertakings, such as the Senate reform, establishment of ministries in 1802, and others. The committee paid much attention to the peasant issues and prepared a few edicts with regards to this, such as decrees on allowing merchants and petty bourgeois (??????, or meshchane) to acquire land (1801), on free bread ploughmen (??????? ??????????, or volniye khlebopashtsy) (1803), and others.

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Senate - Reform - Ministries - 1802 - Peasant - Edict - Decree - Merchant - Petty bourgeois - 1801 - Bread

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