army and navy Georgy Shavelsky in his posthumously published memoirs claimed: Shavelsky also noted that Raev had an ordinary mind and did not show much knowledge. In addition, the appearance of the new chief procurator was very comical: a bright, black-colored wig, painted with the same color mustache and beard, bruised cheeks and lacquered shoes: "He gave the impression of a youthful old man of indecent tone," "in the Synod, Raev was colorless, outside the Synod <...> ridiculous". September 15, 1916 the highest decree to fulfill the post of comrade of the chief prosecutor was appointed Prince N.D. Zhevakhov, he also had a reputation as a "Rasputin" and friend of Metropolitan Pitirim of Petrograd. On February 27, 1917, when in Petrograd the troops of the Moscow garrison crossed over to the side of the rebels, Raev, like the comrade of the chief procurator, Prince Zhevakhov, proposed to the Synod to publicly condemn the revolutionary movement, but this proposal was not supported by the members of the Synod. After the fall of the monarchy in March 1917, he was dismissed on March 3. He was interrogated by the Extraordinary Investigation Commission of the Provisional Government, but was not arrested. Under the Provisional Government, the cases of the Bezrodnovs and Baryatinskys began to be examined, as a result of which an investigation was opened against the former chief prosecutor, but he left for the Caucasus, and the October Revolution led to the liquidation of the investigative body of the provisional government. He lived in the North Caucasus under the former Petrograd Metropolitan Pitirim (Oknov). Awards Order of Saint Anna 2nd degree (1898) Order of Saint Vladimir of the 3rd degree (1901) Order of St. Stanislaus 1st degree (1904) Order of Saint Anna of the 1st degree (1908) Order of Saint Vladimir of the 2nd degree (1915) Medal "In memory of the reign of Emperor Alexander III" Medal "In memory of the coronation of Emperor Nicholas II" Medal "In commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the reign of the Romanov dynasty" Literature [http://petergen.com/sources/gosdejri.shtml D.N. Shilov. Statesmen of the Russian Empire. Heads of higher and central institutions. 1802–1917.] St. Petersburg, 2002, pp. 619–620. List of civilian ranks of the 4th class for 1907. List of civilian ranks of the 4th class for 1916. References 1855 births Politicians from Nizhny Novgorod 1919 deaths Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class Recipients of the