The Ober-Stallmeister (
Russian: Обер-шталмейстер,
romanized: Ober-shtalmeyster, from
German: Oberstallmeister,
lit.'senior head of the stable') was a post (rank) in the
Tsardom of Russia and the
Russian Empire, from 4 February 1722 – a court rank of the 3rd class in the
Table of Ranks[1] (in 1766 it was moved to the 2nd class of the table).[2]
Like other court officials, abolished after the
February Revolution – from 17 March 1917, in connection with the liquidation of the institution of imperial power.