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Ivan Shcheglovitov

1861 – 1918

Russian politician

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About Ivan Shcheglovitov

Lived 1861 – 1918 (aged 57). Ivan Shcheglovitov was a Russian civil servant.

Ivan Grigoryevich Shcheglovitov (; – 5 September 1918) was a right-wing politician who served as the Russian minister of Justice and the last chairman of the State Council of the Russian Empire.

Life Graduate of the Imperial School of Law. Held various posts in the Senate and the Ministry of Justice between 1890 and 1905; Assistant Minister of Justice (1906), Minister of Justice (1906-1915), Member of the State Council (1907), and Chairman of the State Council (January 1917). Shcheglovitov was one of the main instigators of a notorious Blood libel case against Menachem Beilis in 1913.

After the February Revolution he was imprisoned by the Bolsheviks in the Peter and Paul Fortress; later transferred to Moscow and executed by the Bolsheviks during the period of Red Terror.

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Important facts

Born

13 February 1861, Starodubsky Uyezd

Birth century

19th century

Died

5 September 1918, Moscow

Occupation

Civil servant

Nationality

Russian Empire

Education

Imperial School of Jurisprudence

Positions held

Member of the State Council of the Russian Empire, Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire, List of chairmen of the State Council of Imperial Russia

Awards

Order of Saint Anna, 1st class; Order of the White Eagle; Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class; Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class

Also known as

Ivan Grigorevich Shcheglovitov, Ivan Scheglovitov, Ivan Grigoryevich Shcheglovitov

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Ivan Shcheglovitov's

Eduard Heine

1821 – 1881

Mathematician

Hermann von Helmholtz

Frequently asked questions

Who was Ivan Shcheglovitov?

Russian politician (1861–1918)

When was Ivan Shcheglovitov born?

Ivan Shcheglovitov was born on 13 February 1861 in Starodubsky Uyezd.

When did Ivan Shcheglovitov die?

Ivan Shcheglovitov died on 5 September 1918 in Moscow.

What was Ivan Shcheglovitov's occupation?

Ivan Shcheglovitov was a civil servant.

What nationality was Ivan Shcheglovitov?

Ivan Shcheglovitov was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ivan Shcheglovitov

· Wikidata: Q2027257

· DBpedia: Ivan Shcheglovitov

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