Ivan Shcheglovitov
Russian politician (1861–1918)
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Ivan Grigoryevich Shcheglovitov (Russian: Ива́н Григо́рьевич Щеглови́тов; 25 February [O.S. 13 February] 1861 – 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.
Ivan Shcheglovitov | |
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Иван Григорьевич Щегловитов | |
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| Chairman of the State Council | |
| In office 1 January 1917 – 1 March 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Anatoly Kulomzin |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 24 April 1906 – 6 July 1915 | |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Akimov |
| Succeeded by | Aleksandr Khvostov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 February [O.S. 13 February] 1861 Vaulets, Starodubsky Uyezd, Russian Empire |
| Died | 5 September 1918 (aged 57) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Party | Russian Assembly |
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.[1]
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.
External links
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