At the same time, in many German states (Prussia, Hanover) the General Feldzeugmeister remained the chief of artillery.
At the court of the Prussian King Friedrich II, it was called in the French manner the Grand Master of Artillery (French: Grand maître de l'artillerie), a position that was given to Field Marshal Baron Samuel von Schmettau, who transferred to Prussian service in 1741.
Before Pyotr the Great, the position of chief of artillery in Rossiya was not permanent; in wartime, a special commander from the detail was appointed in the army.
In 1699, Pyotr I appointed the Imeretian Tsarevich Aleksandr Archilovich as a judge of the Pushkarskiy Prikaz with the title of General–Feldtseykhmeyster.
[4] After his death, the honorary title of General–Feldtseykhmeyster was received by Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich, who began to assume the position in 1856.