# Ivan Shcheglovitov

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Russian politician (1861–1918)

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Ivan Shcheglovitov Иван Григорьевич Щегловитов Chairman of the State Council In office 1 January 1917 – 1 March 1917 Preceded by Anatoly Kulomzin Succeeded by Position abolished Minister of Justice In office 24 April 1906 – 6 July 1915 Preceded by Mikhail Akimov Succeeded by Aleksandr Khvostov Personal details Born 25 February [O.S. 13 February] 1861 Vaulets, Starodubsky Uyezd, Russian Empire Died 5 September 1918(1918-09-05) (aged 57) Moscow, Soviet Union Party Russian Assembly

**Ivan Grigoryevich Shcheglovitov** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Ива́н Григо́рьевич Щеглови́тов; 25 February [[O.S.](/source/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates) 13 February] 1861 – 5 September 1918) was a right-wing politician who served as the [Russian minister of Justice](/source/Ministry_of_Justice_of_the_Russian_Empire) and the last chairman of the [State Council](/source/State_Council_(Russian_Empire)) of the [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire).

## Life

Graduate of the [Imperial School of Law](/source/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](/source/Blood_libel) case against [Menachem Beilis](/source/Menahem_Mendel_Beilis) in 1913.[1]

After the [February Revolution](/source/February_Revolution) he was imprisoned by the [Bolsheviks](/source/Bolsheviks) in the [Peter and Paul Fortress](/source/Peter_and_Paul_Fortress); later transferred to [Moscow](/source/Moscow) and executed by the [Bolsheviks](/source/Bolsheviks) during the period of [Red Terror](/source/Red_Terror).

## External links

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## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Современники о Григории Распутине. Распутин ненавидел Щегловитова и нападал на него"](http://bibliotekar.ru/rasputin/28.htm).

## Sources

- [V.I. Gurko](/source/Vladimir_Gurko). [Features And Figures Of The Past. Government And Opinion In The Reign Of Nicholas II.](https://archive.org/details/featuresandfigur011843mbp)

- ["В Стародубе появится памятник Ивану Щегловитову"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220227183820/http://www.starburg.ru/novosti/6097-v-starodube-poyavitsya-pamyatnik-ivanu-shcheglovitovu) [A monument to Ivan Shcheglovitov will appear in Starodub] (in Russian). 13 April 2020. Archived from [the original](http://www.starburg.ru/novosti/6097-v-starodube-poyavitsya-pamyatnik-ivanu-shcheglovitovu) on 27 February 2022. 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

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