Ivan Shcheglovitov

Ivan Grigoryevich Shcheglovitov (Russian: Иван Григорьевич Щегловитов; 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.

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.

References

^ "Современники о Григории Распутине. Распутин ненавидел Щегловитова и нападал на него".

Sources

V.I. Gurko. Features And Figures Of The Past. Government And Opinion In The Reign Of Nicholas II.
"В Стародубе появится памятник Ивану Щегловитову" [A monument to Ivan Shcheglovitov will appear in Starodub] (in Russian). 13 April 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

Preceded by Mikhail Akimov	Minister of Justice 24 April 1906 – 6 July 1915	Succeeded by Aleksandr Khvostov
Preceded by Anatoly Kulomzin	Chairman of the State Council 1 January – 1 March 1917	Succeeded by position abolished