Background
Ivan Ivanovich Bakhtin was born on April 14, 1754, in Tula, Russian Federation to an old family of the nobility.
Ivan Ivanovich Bakhtin was born on April 14, 1754, in Tula, Russian Federation to an old family of the nobility.
Ivan Ivanovich 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 joined the Ministry of Finance, and on numerous occasions Alexander I had given him confidential assignments on the misconduct of government administration and officials. On April 8, 1803, Ivan Ivanovich was promoted to a state councilor and appointed the governor of the Kharkov Governorate. He directly contributed to the opening of the Kharkov University.
Ivan Ivanovich retired in 1814 and moved to Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1815. He died on April 26, 1818, and was buried in the Volkovo Cemetery.