PROCURATOR (RUSSIA)

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'Procurator' (, ''prokuror''), an office initially created by Peter The Great of Russia in an effort to bring the Russian Orthodox Church more under his control.
The Russian word ''prokuror'' also has the meaning of prosecutor.
'Chief Procurator' (also 'Ober-Procurator'; обер-прокурор, ''ober-prokuror'') was the official title of the head of the Holy Synod.
'General Procurator' ('Procurator General') and Ober-Procurator were major supervisory positions in Russian Governing Senate, with their meaning changing over time. Eventually "Ober-Procurator" became the title of the Chief of a department of the Senate.

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★ Procurator General of the USSR