Corps of Mining Engineers
The Corps of Mining Engineers was a militarized organization founded in Imperial Russia on 1 January 1834 to manage mining and oil extraction.
Yegor Kankrin, the List of [Finance Ministers of Imperial Russia|Minister of Finance] was the first head of the organization, with Major General Konstantin Chevkin acting as Chief of staff. Russian geologist Ernst [Reinhold von Hofmann] was involved with the corps.