The Procurator ( Russian : прокурор , prokuror ) was an office initially established in 1722 by Peter the Great , the first Emperor of the Russian Empire , as part of the ecclesiastical reforms to bring the Russian Orthodox Church more directly under his control .
5-617: Procurator General may refer to: Procurator General (Russia) , an office of Imperial Russia Prosecutor General of Armenia , the senior law officer of Armenia Procurator General of Macau , the senior law officer of Macau Procurator General of the Soviet Union , the highest functionary of the Office of Public Prosecutor of the USSR Prosecutor-General of Russia ,
10-768: The head of the system of official prosecution in courts in Russia Prosecutor General of Ukraine , the head of the system of official prosecution in courts in Ukraine HM Procurator General , one of the positions held by the Treasury Solicitor in the United Kingdom See also [ edit ] Public prosecutor general (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
15-853: The legal chairman of the Most Holy Synod, always a Metropolitan or an Archbishop), and a member of the Tsar's cabinet. Konstantin Pobedonostsev , a former tutor both of Alexander III and of Nicholas II , was one of the most powerful men to hold the post, from 1880 to 1905. The General Procurator ( Procurator General ) and the Chief Procurator were major supervisory positions in the Russian Governing Senate , which functioned from 1711 to 1917, with their meaning changing over time. Eventually Chief Procurator became
20-659: The meaning of prosecutor . The Chief Procurator (also Over-Procurator ; обер-прокурор, ober-prokuror ) was the official title of the Crown official who oversaw the validity of the acts of the Most Holy Synod (he wasn't a member of the Most Holy Synod but effectively he was the most important lay in the administration of the Russian Orthodox Church, not to be confused with the Primus or "Prime member" ,
25-508: The title Procurator General . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Procurator_General&oldid=1233401983 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Procurator General (Russia) The Russian word also has
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