Nikolai Shcherbatov

Prince Nicholay Borisovich Shcherbatov (in Russian: Николай Борисович Щербатов), born on 22 January 1868 (corresponds to 3 February in the Julian calendar) in Tsarskoe Selo, and died on 29 June 1943 in Starnberg, Bavaria.

[3][4] Between 1895 and 1897, he held posts at the Ministry of State Property, and then returned to live on his domain, located in the province of Poltava, where he owned distilleries and beet-sugar factories.

During the holding of congresses of the workers working in rural and urban areas, the prince served as a delegate of the zemstvos of the governorate of Poltava.

On 5 June 1915, during World War I, the prince succeeded Nikolay Maklakov on the post of minister of the Interior; he headed the Special Corps of Gendarmes, the uniformed security police.

In opposition circles Shcherbatov was seen as a possible candidate for the presidency of the Council of Ministers in the "Ministry of confidence.