The People's Commissariat of Properties (Russian: Народный Комиссариат имуществ) was an establishment in Soviet Russia which after the October Revolution in Russia took charge of royal properties thereby replacing the His Imperial Majesty Cabinet of the Ministry of the Imperial Court and later managed other state properties, such as museums, libraries, etc.
Among other things it managed personal property of the emperor and members of the imperial family, construction and maintenance of royal palaces, gardens, and parks, management of palace towns, etc.
[2] After the February Revolution the apparatus of the former ministry was placed under the supervision of the Commissioner of the Russian Provisional Government "по ведомству Бывшего Министерства Двора и Уделов", Fyodor Aleksandrovich Golovin.
He planned to establish the Main Directorate of State Artistic Properties and Institutions (Главное управление государственных художественных имуществ и учреждений), but this was abandoned due to the October Revolution.
It turned out that its affairs were inseparable from those of People's Commissariat of Enlightenment and initially their activities were coordinated.