Corps of Mining Engineers

Short description: Militarized organization in Imperial Russia

The Corps of Mining Engineers was a militarized organization founded in Imperial Russia on 1 January 1834 to manage mining and oil extraction.

Yegor Kankrin, the Minister of Finance was the first head of the organization, with Major General Konstantin Chevkin acting as Chief of staff.[1] Russian geologist Ernst Reinhold von Hofmann was involved with the corps.[2]

## References

1. ↑ "Читать онлайн "Oil of Russia" автора Юсу Вагит". Rulit. http://www.rulit.net/books/oil-of-russia-read-263258-14.html. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
2. ↑ "ГОФМАН ЭРНСТ КАРЛОВИЧ. НАСЛЕДИЕ КАРТОГРАФОВ УРАЛА" (in ru). https://www.rgo.ru/ru/article/gofman-ernst-karlovich-nasledie-kartografov-urala. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

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