in the 18th century Prikaz of German feeds: probably, paid a salary to foreigners (known as "Germans" ( 'niemtsy' means "mute people")) in Russian military or state service Ritter Prikaz Financial Prikazes Domestic Prikaz (Pomestny Prikaz) Accounting Prikaz Prikaz of Grand Treasury Prikaz of Grand Income Security Prikaz of Petitions (Chelobitny Prikaz) - considered complaints or petitions addressed to the Tsar; the adjective chelobitnaya () comes from the expression bit' chelom, "to knock with one's forehead (on the ground)", meaning a very humble submission of a petition, with an extremely low bow. The standard form of such complaint included the words "Slave of God ... (or: 'Your slave') is beating with the forehead", or "Slaves and orphans are beating with foreheads" Privy Prikaz (, Tayny Prikaz) - secret police (1654 - 1676) Robbery Prikaz (Razboiniy Prikas) - criminal police Prikaz of Investigations (Sysknoy prikaz) Regional Prikazes Little Russia, Ministry of the Ukrainian (Malorossiya) Affairs (Малороссийский приказ, Malorossiyskiy prikaz) Kazan (Казанский приказ, Приказ Казанского дворца, Kazan Palace Prikaz ), Volga Region (Поволжье) Affairs (South-West of Russia, territories of former Kazan Khanate) Siberia (), (1637-1763) Great Russia Grand Duchy of Lithuania Smolensk (disbanded on Poland's conquest of Smolensk (1611); restored when Smolensk returned to Russian control in 1654) Livonia Affairs Novgorod quarter Vladimir quarter Ustyug quarter Kostroma quarter Galich quarter Smolensk quarter Palace Prikazes Prikaz of Stables Konyushenny Prikaz Palace Prikaz (, 1627-1709) Prikaz of Stone Palace (Prikaz kamennogo dvortsa) Prikaz of Gold and Silver Affairs Prikaz of Requiem (Panihydniy prikaz) - requiems for members of the tsar's family Patriarchal Prikazes Patriarchal Prikaz-in-charge Patriarchal Treasury Prikaz Patriarchal Palace Prikaz Other Order-in-charge (Razryadny Prikaz) - in charge of higher military and civil administration personnel Prikaz of kholops (Kholopskiy Prikaz) - considered the affairs of kholops Classification The classification of the various prikazes is a very difficult task. In fact, each major historian tries to build their own system of classification. Major variants include prikazes of a territory, of a class of population, or of an area of affairs. Another method of classification is to rank prikazes by subordination. See also Dyak, clerk Podyachy, clerk assistant List of Russian foreign ministers References External links State administration in Russia 16th-17th centuries, in Russian Tsardom of Russia Government of the Russian Empire Medieval Russia