Privy Councilor (Russia)

Epaulette of a professor of the military medical academy SM Kirov with the rank of a privy councilor

Privy Councilor ( тайный советник ) was a civilian rank in the Russian Empire . It was introduced by Peter the Great in 1722. Originally he was a fourth class but was upgraded to third class in 1724, being on the same level as a lieutenant-general in the army and a vice admiral in the fleet. The owner should be addressed as "Your Excellency" ( Russian Ваше Превосходительство , Vashe Prevoskhoditelstvo).

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↑ Angelo Segrillo: A First Complete Translation into English of Peter the Great's Original Table of Ranks: Observations on the Occurrence of a Black Hole in the Translation of Russian Historical Documents . lea.vitis.uspnet.usp.br. November 2016.
^ Table of Ranks . globalsecurity.org. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
^ Peter the Great's Table of Ranks . faculty.virginia.edu. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
↑ Табель о рангах, Действителен в период с конца XIX века по 1917 год ( Russian ) akunin.ru. Retrieved March 13, 2018.

[1] Angelo Segrillo: A First Complete Translation into English of Peter the Great's Original Table of Ranks: Observations on the Occurrence of a Black Hole in the Translation of Russian Historical Documents . lea.vitis.uspnet.usp.br. November 2016.

[2] Table of Ranks . globalsecurity.org. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

[3] Peter the Great's Table of Ranks . faculty.virginia.edu. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

[4] Табель о рангах, Действителен в период с конца XIX века по 1917 год ( Russian ) akunin.ru. Retrieved March 13, 2018.