Ivan Shcheglovitov

Ivan Shcheglovitov.

Ivan Grigorevich Shcheglovitov (1861-1918) was Russian minister of Justice.

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 (1916). 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 in the Peter and Paul Fortress; later transferred to Moscow and executed by the Bolsheviks during the period of Red Terror.

References

• V.I. Gurko. Features And Figures Of The Past. Government And Opinion In The Reign Of Nicholas II.