Petr Vasilievich Bakunin (the lesser; 1734 [2] —1786) - Privy Councilor , member of the board of foreign affairs .
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He was educated in the Land gentry corps , which he graduated in 1752, and in the same year he became a translator in the board of foreign affairs. Here he quickly rose, thanks to his abilities and tireless activity, and reached the rank of the first member of the college. He became personally known to the empress and enjoyed her confidence; was a favorite and the right hand of N. I. Panin , a friend of Zavadovsky and A. A. Bezborodko .
Many very important cases in the college of foreign affairs were accomplished with his direct participation; thus, “under his influence” a famous declaration of armed neutrality of 1780 was drawn up. A significant part of the project to find the best measures for the resettlement of the Nogai hordes in Russia, in 1783, was drawn up by him; he also “composed” the instruction to Potemkin about the annexation of the Crimea (1777). Together with A. A. Bezborodko, on the instructions of the empress, he wrote a note about the events in the reign of Catherine II. In 1785 Bakunin was appointed authorized to renew the trade agreement with England.
Sardinian Ambassador di Parella [3] speaks of Bakunin as follows:
This member of the college is obliged to the honorary position that he enjoys in St. Petersburg, solely for his art in the written presentation of cases and his sanity. From the very beginning of the service, having discovered his talents, he was not slow to become the right hand of Count Panin, who found in Bakunin one of those rare people who, without dwelling on insignificant details and petty difficulties, are able to embrace the general state of affairs from the proper point of view and, moreover, present on paper, the most complex considerations with all possible accuracy and clarity ... He has such an influence on affairs that no one bypasses him: the ministers are fawning over him, and in view of the benefits he brings, he is so close to Count Bezborodko that lyvet dedicated for all the most important affairs of state.
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At the first meeting of the Russian Academy on October 21 (November 1), 1783, he was elected its full member (academician) among the first thirty-six academicians. But, a useful official, Bakunin at the same time caused serious accusations, like a man.
According to Segur , Bakunin was :
…unscrupulous; he would be glad to take possession of each; he does not need any respect, as he adheres to the philosophical principle - not to chase after what you cannot get. He once sold and betrayed Count Panin, his benefactor, and this brought upon himself universal contempt. He is not afraid that he will be displaced: he has the education, cunning and tirelessness of the prosecutor.
Pointing out that Bakunin, “succumbing to the general trend,” was among those who contributed to the fall of his patron Count Panin, and di Parella points out: “Thus, if, on the one hand, one cannot but recognize in him (Bakunin) dexterity and intelligence then, on the other hand, its good faith is more than doubtful. ” The reason for such a judgment was served by very plausible rumors that in 1774 he conveyed to the empress a list of members of a famous conspiracy in favor of Pavel Petrovich and headed by HI Panin. Kobeko argues that because of this, it was Pavel Petrovich who "disliked Bakunin, and the latter could never get permission to appear at the palace of the Grand Duke."
Family
He was married to Anna Sergeevna Tatischeva (1741-1778). They had two sons: Modest and Paul and two daughters: Elizabeth and Elena (born on 05.22.1778) [5] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 http://lavraspb.ru/nekropol/view/item/id/505/catid/3
- ↑ according to Polovtsov - 1732
- ↑ Alessio San Martino di Parella (1744–1801)
- ↑ Recall of the Italians about the main government officials in the second half of the reign of Catherine II
- ↑ TsGIA SPb. f.19. op.111. d.84. S. 113.
Literature
- The case of the Governing Senate (in Moscow), No. private. 21 - total 8122, 1754
- Letters of H. I. Panin and A. A. Bezborodko and Bakunin in the 24th volume of the Vorontsov Archive .
- Correspondence with G.P. Derzhavin and MA Lvov in Volume V of Derzhavin’s Works, ed. Grotto
- Bakunin's letters to Bezborodko in the Russian Archive, 1890, III vol.
- “Comments of the Italian about the main government officials in the second half of the reign of Catherine II” (in the Russian Archive, 1875, II t. And in the works of Grigorovich).
- German, "Geschichte der russischen Staats".
- Grigorovich, "Chancellor Prince A. A. Bezborodko", І and II t. (St. Petersburg, 1879-1881).
- Kobeko, Tsesarevich Pavel Petrovich, (St. Petersburg, 1887).