Active Privy Councillor

Active Privy CouncillorLangenscheidt´s Encyclopaedic Dictionary of the English and German language: „Der Große Muret-Sander“, Part II German-English, Second Volume L–Z, 8th edition 1999, {{ISBN|3-468-01126-1}}; p. 1.809 – Working Privy Councillor ({{langx|ru|действительный тайный советник}}, deystvitelnyi taynyi sovetnik) was the civil rank (ru: чин / chin) in the Russian Empire, according to the Table of Ranks introduced by Peter the Great in 1722. That was a civil rank of the 2nd class and equal to those of General-in-Chief in the Army and Admiral in the Navy.{{cite web|last1=Segrillo|first1=Angelo|title=A First Complete Translation into English of Peter the Great’s Original Table of Ranks: Observations on the Occurrence of a Black Hole in the Translation of Russian Historical Documents|url=http://lea.vitis.uspnet.usp.br/arquivos/arttableofrankslea.pdf|publisher=lea.vitis.uspnet.usp.br|date=November 2016}}{{cite web|title=Table of Ranks|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/nobles-table-of-ranks.htm|website=Global Security|publisher=globalsecurity.org|accessdate=27 December 2016}}{{cite web|title=Peter the Great's Table of Ranks|url=http://faculty.virginia.edu/herman/tolstoy/tableofranks.htm|website=The University of Virginia|publisher=faculty.virginia.edu|accessdate=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118193343/http://faculty.virginia.edu/herman/tolstoy/tableofranks.htm|archive-date=18 November 2018|url-status=dead}} The rank holder should be addressed as Your High Excellency ({{langx|ru|Ваше Высокопревосходительство}}, Vashe Vysokoprevoskhoditelstvo).{{cite web|title=Табель о рангах, Действителен в период с конца XIX века по 1917 год|url=http://www.akunin.ru/istoria/tabel/|website=Boris Akunin|publisher=akunin.ru|accessdate=27 December 2016|language=Russian}} If the Foreign Minister had the rank of the 2nd class, he could be called Vice-Chancellor.