Konstantin Alexandrovich Bahturin was born on May 16, 1807, in Saint Petersburg City, Russian Federation. Bakhturin's father, Alexander Nikolaevich, rose to the rank of the adviser (from 1821), was in the head of the Affairs of the Office of the Council of Railways, and had a pernicious penchant for wine, inherited by his son.
Konstantin Alexandrovich received a home education, as evidenced by the constant complaints of the poet about the lack of his knowledge.
In 1826, Konstantin Alexandrovich joined the Orange Regiment as a cadet. For his distinction in the battle against the Turks, he was promoted to cornet (1828). In August 1829, after the disciplinary punishment, he tendered his resignation. But on confirmation of the Chief of the General Staff was convicted and punishable by one month of arrest in the fortress. Soon after his release, Konstantin Alexandrovich was transferred to the Belgorod 12th Lancers Regiment (1832) and retired the following year with the same rank.
Konstantin Alexandrovich began writing poetry in his early youth. In 1824, he translated Walter Scott's romance "Moya arfa" which was set to the music by M.I. Glinka. At the end of 1832, he entered the circle of young Moscow writers, already having the established reputation of a "wonderful poet".
Of Bakhturin's plays, the greatest success on the stage of the theater was "Piatnadtsat let razluki" (1835) and "Kozma Roshchin, ryazanski razbinik"
