Civil governor

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CIVIL GOVERNOR, the head of the provincial administration in St. Petersburg province. Officially the post of civil governor was founded in 1761 (before then, since 1736 the functions of civil governor were performed by the governor of province and vice-governor). Civil governor exercised direct administration of the province, until 1796 it shared power with Chief of the Police General. Since 1796 civil governor was subordinated to the governor-general and to the minister of Internal Affairs since 1866. According to the provincial reform of 1775, the provincial government was established under the civil governor. The civil governor carried out the direct control over the Public assistance board. After the institution of City Duma and Assembly of Nobility it was civil governor who authorized their convocation. By order of 1837 civil governor represented the supreme authority in St. Petersburg and the province; the head of police was subordinated to him. Since 1864 civil governor performed the supervision of the territorial government bodies. In 1866-71 the City Duma was under the control of the civil governor (he had the authority to countermand any decree of the former). Ex officio the civil governor was also a member of empress Maria Fedorovna's Establishments Guardianship Board. Following the establishment of the city administration and introduction of the office of its chief (1871), the power of the civil governor was extended on the territory of St. Petersburg province only. In April of 1917 the post of civil governor was abolished, and his functions passed to the provincial commissar of the Provisional Government. In the mid-19th century the administration and office of civil governor were located on 23 Bolshaya Morskaya Street. Civil governors: V.F. Nesvitsky (1761-64); S.F. Ushakov (1764-73); S.V. Perfilyev (1773-74); K.K. Ungern-Sternberg (1774-79); U.S. Potapov (1780-84); P.P. Tarbeev (1784-85); P.P. Konovnitsyn (1785-93); I.A. Alexeev (1793-96 and also July through August of 1797); I.I. Grevens (1797-98); D.F. Glinka (1798-1800); P.V. Meshchersky (March through May 1800); N.I. Khotyaintsev (1800-01); P.P. Pancratyev (1801-02); S.S. Kushnikov (1802-04); P.S. Pasevyev (1804-08); M.M. Bakunin (1808-16); S.A. Shcherbinin (1816-26); A.M. Bezobrazov (1826-29); I.S. Khrapovitsky (1829-35); M.N. Zhemchuzhnikov (1835-40); V.A. Sheremetev (1841-43); N.V. Zhukovsky (1843-51); P.M. Donaurov (1851-55); N.M. Smirnov (1855-61); A.A. Bobrinsky (1861-64); V.Y. Skaryatin (1864-65); L.N. Perovsky (1865-66); N.V. Levashov (1866-71); I.V. Lutkovsky (in 1872-73 - civil governor de facto; in 1874-89 - civil governor); S.A. Tol (1889-1903); A.D. Zinovyev (1903-11); A.V. Adlerberg (1911-15); N.N. Medem (December of 1915 through May of 1916); A.P. Saburov (May of 1916 through April of 1917).

References: Длуголенский Я. Н. Военно-гражданская и полицейская власть Санкт-Петербурга, 1703-1917. СПб., 2001. С. 149-244; Руководители Санкт-Петербурга. СПб.; М., 2003. С. 104-162.

Y. N. Kruzhnov. Adlerberg Alexander Vasilievich
Alexeev Ivan Alexeevich
Bakunin Mikhail Mikhailovich
Bezobrazov Alexander Mikhailovich
Bobrinsky Alexander Alexeevich
Donaurov Peter Mikhailovich
Glinka Dmitry Fedorovich
Grevens Ivan Ilyich
Khotyaintsev Nikolay Ivanovich
Khrapovitsky Alexander Vasilievich
Konovnitsyn Peter Petrovich
Kushnikov Sergey Sergeevich
Levashov Nikolay Vasilievich, Count
Lutkovsky Iosif Vasilievich
Maria Fedorovna, Empress
Medem Nikolay Nikolaevich
Meshchersky Prokofy Vasilievich, Prince
Nesvitsky Vasily Fedorovich, Duke
Pankratyev Peter Prokofievich
Pasevyev Peter Stepanovich
Perfilyev Stepan Vasilievich
Perovsky Lev Nikolaevich
Potapov Ustin Sergeevich
Saburov Alexander Petrovich
Shcherbinin Semen Alexandrovich
Sheremetev Vasily Alexandrovich
Skaryatin Vladimir Yakovlevich
Smirnov Nikolay Mikhailovich
Tarbeev Peter Petrovich
Tol Sergey Alexandrovich
Ungern-Sternberg Karl Karlovich
Ushakov Stepan Fedorovich
Zhemchuzhnikov Mikhail Nikolaevich
Zhukovsky Nikolay Vasilievich
Zinoviev Alexander Dmitrievich
Bolshaya Morskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 23
Длуголенский Я. Н. Военно-гражданская власть Санкт-Петербурга, 1703-1917. СПб., 2001 City Duma
Assembly of Nobility
Provisional Government of 1917