Bakhtin, Nikolai Ivanovich

Came from the noble nobles of the Oryol province; was the third son of Ivan Ivanovich Bakhtin ^[1] . At the end of the Kharkov gymnasium in 1812 he joined the clerk in the Kharkov provincial government. With his father moving to St. Petersburg in 1815, he decided on an expedition to audit accounts, where his father was a manager; a year later, he moved to the office of the Secretary of State for the adoption of applications for the highest name brought and remained there until 1823. In 1822, he received a diploma from St. Petersburg University .

He was one of the strongest chess players in St. Petersburg. (I. Linder. At the origins of chess culture. - P. 63). D. N. Sverbeev pointed out that when answering his question, Bakhtin answered: “You see, my dear, a young man of twenty, I carefully studied the chess game and tried to become an expert on it, and when I was convinced from experience that often people have very mediocre this game exercises are done by her celebrities, then would have thrown a completely chessboard. The game itself is boring, and the superiority in it does not satisfy my pride ” ^[2] .

He was in close friendly relations with P. A. Katenin ^[3] , participated in a circle of several young writers, known as Kateninsky . However, he did not enter the literary field, although he printed a preface to the works of Katenin, published in 1832 under his editorship. In addition, in the period from 1821-1828. he placed a number of critical articles on the history of Russian literature under the pseudonym "M. I. ”in the magazines“ Son of the Fatherland ”,“ Bulletin of Europe ”and“ Athenaeum ”.

In 1823, N. I. Bakhtin entered the chapter of orders; this appointment allowed him to be abroad as secretary to the Chancellor of Orders, Alexei Borisovich Kurakin . In 1825 he entered the Provincial Department of the Ministry of War.

Since 1827, he was under the chief of the naval headquarters, adjutant general Prince Menshikov, and participated with him in 1828 in a sea ​​expedition to Anapa . In 1831, Bakhtin was appointed governor of the committee for the formation of the fleet and head of affairs for the Finnish governor-general under Prince Menshikov; in 1833 edited the Code of Maritime Regulations. In 1834, he was appointed manager of the committee of ministers and, with the rank of state councilor, was awarded the title of state secretary of his imperial majesty.

In 1843 , having received the rank of Privy Councilor , he was appointed Secretary of State . In 1853 he was appointed a member of the State Council for the Department of State Economy. Bakhtin worked hard when considering a draft new charter of civil proceedings and was a staunch advocate of judicial reform; then, as a member of the main committee on the arrangement of the rural state, where he was appointed on February 19, 1861 , Nikolai Ivanovich Bakhtin with his characteristic energy supported the complete and land-free liberation of the peasants. As chairman of the commission for drafting the recruitment charter, he indicated the need for a radical change in the old system; He also worked in the commission on the destruction of farms.

Nikolai Ivanovich Bakhtin died, being an unofficial member of the State Council, with the rank of active privy councilor and holder of the Order of St. Vladimir , 1st class.

Nikolai Ivanovich Bakhtin and Daria Ivanovna Bakhtina (nee Peterson) had many children - daughters Daria, Glafira, sons - Ivan, Vladimir, Vladislav, George, Alexei, Nikolai. Son - Alexei Nikolaevich Bakhtin - a statesman was born in St. Petersburg. Married — had sons — Nikolai Alekseevich Bakhtin, Aleksei Alekseevich Bakhtin, Sergey Alekseevich Bakhtin — grandson of Nikolai Ivanovich and Daria Ivanovna — on June 15, 1858, St. Petersburg, a Russian nobleman, state councilor, worked for 39 years at the Main Post Office in St. Petersburg, killed on October 1, 1921 by the "Bolshevik Communists" during the "Red Terror" in Petrograd. Wife Nadezhda Yakovlevna Bakhtina, nee Ryabkova, born on 08.24.1863 in the city of Shlisselburg, son of Benjamin Sergeyevich Bakhtin born on 03/31/1888 in St. Petersburg - a well-known professor, mycologist, phytopotologist (great-grandson of Nikolai Ivanovich and Daria Ivanovna Bakhtinyh). "On January 24, 1925, Sergei Alekseevich Bakhtin metric certificate dated June 15, 1858 No. 65 (1 sheet) and the track record of Alexei Nikolayevich Bakhtin his father (3 sheets) were withdrawn and are in the CLS Chancellor PZhE. Adopted 01/01/25 - Spetuva " Veniamin Sergeyevich Bakhtin is married to Ekaterina Alekseevna Bakhtina (nee Bibikova, from an old noble family). Had children - Leo, Tatyana, Nadezhda, Sergey. Arrested during the "great terror" in Leningrad, at night, February 7, 1933 in his apartment, shot by the "Stalinist-Communists" on September 17, 1937 in Kolpashevo, Tomsk Region.

Son - Nikolai Nikolaevich Bakhtin , translator, poet. He financially supported the large family of a cousin Elizabeth Andreevna, who was married to a real state councilor Mikhail Petrovich Shurinov (1827-1889).

• M.S. Nikolai Ivanovich Bakhtin // World Illustration : Journal. - 1869. - T. 1 , No. 16 . - S. 245-246 .
• M.S. Nikolai Ivanovich Bakhtin (ending) // World Illustration : Journal. - 1869. - T. 1 , No. 17 . - S. 262-263 .
• Bakhtin, Nikolai Ivanovich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
• Bakhtin, Nikolai Ivanovich // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.

• Portrait of N. I. Bakhtin