SUMMER FROCK COAT OF A COURT COUNSELOR OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
1904-1917

The court counselor is a civil rank of the seventh class of the Table of Ranks in Russian Empire, which corresponds to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army. Those, who achieved this position, received a personal nobility. To earn this title, people had to either serve as a collegiate assessor for four years or possess a doctorate or professor degree.
The museum collection includes this double-breasted white summer frock coat with lapels and three-star epaulets. Under it, there is a shirt with a starched stand-up turned-down collar and a necktie. The cutting and design of this model are similar to the military uniform, varying only in details: the color of the material, edging, color and texture of the collar patches, tex- ture and patterns of shoulder straps, emblems, buttons, etc.