Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire

Ministry of Finance — one of the Russian Empire's central public institutions, in charge of financial and economic policy.

The ministry was established on 8 September 1802, and reorganized in 1810–11. By the end of the 19th century, it consisted of a:
 * Ministerial Council
 * General and Special Offices for Crediting
 * Department of the State Treasury - controlling the movement of the funds and keeping the account for all the treasuries
 * Department of Assessed contributions - for taxes and Zemstvo duties
 * Department of Customs Duties
 * Department of Railway Affairs
 * Department of Unassessed taxes and for State sales of Spirits
 * Central Weights and Measures Board
 * number of permanent Committees and Councils.