Fiodor Goloubtsov

Fyodor Aleksandrovich Golubtsov (January 3, 1759 – March 13, 1829, Volgovo, Peterburg Guberniya) was a Russian statesman; state treasurer (from September 8, 1802, to January 1, 1810), Minister of Finance of the Russian Empire (from August 26, 1807, to January 1, 1810), member of the State Council (from September 7, 1808). Actual Privy Councillor (from September 7, 1808).

During his tenure as minister of finance (1807–1810), he was unable to correct the extremely disorganized state of the state economy.

Biography Born on January 3, 1759. His mother, Anna Vasileva (1741–1816) was the sister of Aleksey Vasilev.

After graduating from the Artillery and Engineering Gentry Corps in 1775, he began serving in the Senat; in 1785–1790, he was Secretary of the Office of the Senat Prosecutor General Aleksandr Vyazemskiy. Before this, in 1808, he transformed the Expedition on State Revenues: its 1st, 2nd and 4th Expeditions were united, and on the basis of the 3rd and 5th in 1809, the State Expedition for Auditing Accounts was established – a single financial control body of the civil department. Under Golubtsov, rules were issued on the audit of state accounts and internal loans (the first internal state loan was carried out in 1809).

The finance committee (formed in 1806 and existing until 1917) took direct part in the development of the state's financial policy and, to some extent, in the development of the ministry's management structure. In the same year he was awarded the Order of Saint Aleksandr Nevskiy.

Awards Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th Degree (September 22, 1786); Order of Saint Anna, 1st Degree (March 13, 1799); Order of Saint Aleksandr Nevskiy (January 1, 1805); Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd Degree (June 25, 1806).