Konstantin Bulgakov

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Konstantin Yakovlevich Bulgakov
Константин Яковлевич Булгаков
Privy Councillor
Years active1797–1835
Known forcorrespondence, writing
TitleDirector of the St. Petersburg Post Office and Russian Postal Department
Term1819–1835
SuccessorFeodor Pryanishnikov
Spouse
Maria Varlam
​
(m. 1814⁠–⁠1835)​
Children5
Parent(s)
Order of St. Vladimir

1821

Order of the White Eagle
1832

Konstantin Yakovlevich Bulgakov (

postal administrator from the Russian Empire.[1]

Konstantin Bulgakov served as the Director of the

Postal Service.[2]

Biography

Konstantin Bulgakov was the son of a diplomat,

Foreign Minister. The Tsar offered him an ambassador position in Copenhagen. However, Bulgakov asked the Tsar for his appointment as Director of Posts in Moscow in February 1816. He soon succeeded in this post and was transferred to Saint Petersburg on 23 December 1819. As Director of Saint Petersburg Posts, Bulgakov worked there with Prince Golitsyn, who was in charge of the Russian Postal Department.[3]

In 1831, Bulgakov was promoted to the Director of the Postal Department and decorated. However, he suffered two strokes in 1835. That was a consequence of overwork. Bulgakov died the same year.[3]

Postal reforms

Among Bulgakov's

railway in 1868.[citation needed
]

In 1825, the first survey of post-roads in Russia was published. Begun in 1817, construction of paved roads continued and reached over 1,500 miles by the 1850s. This progress enabled Bulgakov to introduce a system of express posts ("extra" posts) between major cities.[citation needed]

Bulgakov also concluded a postal treaty with Prussia. In 1832, he set up a steamship service between Saint Petersburg and Lübeck.[citation needed]

All these improvements reduced the delivery times for mail. For example, mail from

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, the widow of Paul I and a former German princess, praised the better postal service.[citation needed
]

Bulgakov paid much attention to improve working conditions for postal workers.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bulgakov, Konstantin Ja". CERL Thesaurus: Record (in English and German). London, UK: Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL). 2010-10-28. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  2. ISBN 9785815909502. Archived from the original
    on 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  3. ^
    ISSN 0035-8363. Archived from the original
    on 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2015-05-16. Notes from "Khronika" in "Zhizn' i Tekhnika Svyazi," 1924 (translated by D. Skipton).

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