Ivan Bakhtin

Ivan Ivanovich Bakhtin (; 1756 – April 26, 1818), was a Russian government official and writer.

Biography 
Bakhtin was born in Tula, Russian Empire, to an old family of the nobility. He enlisted in the Russian army in 1772, and was a part of the Russo-Turkish War, he retired from the military in 1776 as a Podporuchik of artillery.

In 1802, he jointed the Ministry of Finance, and on numerous occasions Alexander I had given him confidential assignments on misconduct of government administration and officials. On April 8, 1803, he was promoted to a state councilor and appointed the governor of the Kharkov Governorate. He directly contributed to the opening of the Kharkov University. Bakhtin retired in 1814, and moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1815. 
He died on April 26, 1818, and was buried in the Volkovo Cemetery.

Literature 
Satire was the main element of Bakhtin's literary works, as well as poems, madrigals, epigrams, parables and fairy tales. His literary works and contributions were included in:

 
 Russian Biographical Dictionary, 1896–1918.
 Kochetkova N. D. Bakhtin I.I. // Dictionary of Russian writers of the 18th century (), 1988, chapter 1, p. 70-72.
 Chmykhalo B. A. The experience of reconstructing one's biography (Poet and government official I. I. Bakhtin) () // Tendency of development of the Russian literature in Siberia in 18–20th centuries (), Novosibirsk, 1985.

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Category:1756 births
Category:1818 deaths
Category:19th-century Russian short story writers
Category:Imperial Russian writers
Category:Russian-language writers
Category:Russian nobility