Open AccessNikolai 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
Author(s) -
K. V. Donik,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
trudy kolʹskogo naučnogo centra ran
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2307-5252
DOI - 10.37614/2307-5252.2021.4.21.012
Subject(s) - christian ministry , bureaucracy , navy , context (archaeology) , biography , period (music) , service (business) , history , classics , law , ancient history , sociology , political science , politics , art , art history , archaeology , economy , economics , aesthetics
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 assignments under Menshikov. In addition to the facts of Bakhtin's biography, these circumstances can be interpreted as a reflection of the process of the formation of the maritime administrative apparatus during this period. The events of Bakhtin’s life and service are considered in the context of the processes of bureaucratization of naval management and relations with the key figure of these processes –– Prince Menshikov.