State Bank of the Russian Empire

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The State Bank of the Russian Empire (Russian: Государственный банк Российской Империи was the main bank of the Russian Empire from 1860 to 1917. This bank is considered as a predecessor of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.

[edit] History

The State Bank was established on 12 June [O.S. 31 May] 1860 on the base of the State Commercial Bank by ukaz of Emperor Alexander II. This ukaz also ratified the Statute of the bank. According the Statute, it was a state-owned bank, intended for a short-terms crediting of the trade and industry.

In the early 1917 the Bank has 11 branches, 133 permanent and 5 temporary offices and 42 agencies. On 7 November 1917 the State Bank was disestablished and his successor were the People's Bank of the RSFSR (until 1922) and State Bank of the USSR (until 1991).

[edit] Heads of the State Bank

  • 1860 – 1866: Alexander von Stieglitz
  • 1866 – 1881: Yevgeniy Lamanskiy (acting until 1867)
  • 1881 – 1889: Aleksei Tsimsen
  • 1889 – 1894: Yuliy Zhukovskiy
  • 1894 – 1903: Eduard Pleske
  • 1903 – 1909: Sergei Timashev
  • 1909 – 1914: Aleksei Konshin
  • 1914 – 1917: Ivan Shipov

[edit] External links

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