The State Counsellor (Russian: Статский советник, the 5th civil grade in the Table of Ranks of Imperial Russia) is the sixth novel in the Erast Fandorin historical detective series by Boris Akunin.

It is subtitled "political detective mystery" (Russian: политический детектив).

Disguised as Fandorin, the leader of a revolutionary organization murders a general.

In 2005, The State Counsellor was turned into a film starring Oleg Menshikov as Fandorin and Nikita Mikhalkov as Prince Pozharsky.

The two-hour theatrical release was then expanded into a 31⁄2 hour version which was shown on Russian television.