Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Nikolai Nikolayevich Pokrovsky (27 January 1865, St Petersburg 12 December 1930, Kaunas) was a Russian politician and the last foreign minister of the Russian Empire. Pokrovsky attended the law schools of the Moscow State University and St Petersburg University. In 1889, he began his career at the Ministry of Finance. In 1902-1903, Pokrovsky was a deputy chairman (chairman from 1904) of the Department of Taxation of the Ministry of Finance. In 1906, he was appointed deputy finance minister and mainly oversaw taxation affairs. In 1914-1916, Pokrovsky was a member of the State Council. From January to November 1916, Pokrovsky held the post of state inspector.