89 College 1. College of foreign affairs 2. College of state revenues 3. College of justice 4. Revenue auditing college 5. College of war 6. Admiralty college 7. College of commerce 8. Estimates office 9. College of mines and manufactories Among the foreign vice presidents, Magnus Wilhelm von Nieroth had previously served as the head of a Swedish regiment and, after the Russian conquest of the Baltic provinces, had subsequently been appointed as provincial councillor in Reval by Peter I. The tsar remembered Nieroth in 1716 and wrote to Menshikov that “since [Nieroth] is indispensible to us in another important matter, [you are to] free him from his position as provincial councillor; he also wishes to learn the Russian language. Peter had found a very qualified vice president in Hermann von Brevern, who, over the course of several years, had travelled around to various universities in Europe and acquired a thorough legal education. He had held various judicial posts in Riga and had been ennobled by Charles XI in 1696. Charles XII had appointed him vice governor of Livonia in 1708 and, after the incorporation of Livonia into the Russian empire, he was later appointed vice president of the Livonian court of appeals.’®^ Finally, Cornelius Cruys was a shipbuilder Peter had come to know during his first visit to Amsterdam. A Norwegian by birth, Cruys entered Russian service as a vice admiral in 1698 and participated in the development of the Russian navy.'^®^ "Who the Schmidt listed by Peter as vice president of the college of commerce might have been remains a mystery to us, but we do know that he was not mentioned in any other context. Before leaving for Moscow, the tsar also issued instructions as to how the reform of the central administration was to be prepared. He informed the Senate that “generals Bruce and Weyde have been given the task of providing the colleges with translations from German to Russian and to give them explanations,” but that “since one of them is absent and the other is so little educated {malo edukov), they are to be supplemented by yet another person who is to work together with them.” This other person to whom Peter referred was Heinrich Pick, who was therewith given authority to coordinate the reform activities. Regarding Pick’s assignment, Miliukov (1905), 427; Levenhaupt, II, 477. RBS, III, 337. RBS, XII, 501. President Count G. Golovkin Prince D. M. Golitsyn Count A. A. Matveev Prince la. F. Dolgoruki Prince A. D. Menshikov Count F. M. Apraksin P. A. Tolstoi Count I. A. Musin-Pushkin Jacob Bruce (la. V. Brius) Vice president Baron P. P. Shafirov Baron M. W. Nieroth Hermann von Brevern A. A. Weyde Cornelius Cruys Schmidt ” 200 200
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