Nikolai Bakhtin in the Naval ministry: on the history of the formation of the bureaucratic entourage of prince Alexander Menshikov in the navy in the late 1820s – early 1830s
Journal: Transaction Kola Science Centre
Year: 2021

The article describes some aspects of the service of the famous statesman Nikolai Bakhtin (1796–1869), when he was a special assignment official under Prince Alexander Menshikov. In 1827–1834 Bakhtin was in the service of the Naval ministry, the management system of which was undergoing changes during this period. The study based on new archival sources reconstructs the circumstances of Bakhtin to serve in the Naval directorate from the War ministry and his activities as an official on special a