Ministry of Transport Communications

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MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT COMMUNICATIONS, central public institution during the Russian Empire. Founded on 15 June 1865 on the basis of the Chief Administration for Lines of Communication and Public Buildings. By 1917, it was comprised of a Ministerial Office, a Council for Railway Affairs, a Ministerial Council, a Railways Administration Board (previously a Department), a Railway Construction Administration Board, an Administration Board for Inland Waterways, an Administration Board for Main Roads, and a number of other special subdivisions. In St. Petersburg, the Ministry of Transport Communications was principally located at 117 Fontanka River Embankment, and 17 Italyanskaya Street (the latter housed the Inland Waterways Administration Board). After October 1917, the People's Commissariat for Transport Communications was established on the basis of Ministry of Transport Communications.

References: Краткий исторический очерк развития и деятельности ведомства путей сообщения за сто лет его существования (1798-1898 гг.). СПб., 1898; История железнодорожного транспорта России. Т. 1: 1836-1917 гг. СПб.; М., 1994; Высшие и центральные государственные учреждения России, 1801-1917 гг. СПб., 2002. Т. 3.

D. N. Shilov. Fontanka River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 117
Italyanskaya Street/Saint Petersburg, city, house 17
Краткий исторический очерк развития и деятельности ведомства путей сообщения за сто лет его существования (1798–1898 гг.). СПб.
История железнодорожного транспорта России: Т. 1: 1836-1917 гг. СПб.; М., 1994