He is honoured in the common and scientific names of Bianchi's warbler (Seicercus valentini), described by Ernst Hartert.

There years later, he was working as a general practitioner in the rural district of Staritsa, when Professor Eduard Brandt, learning about his interest in ornithology, invited him to join the staff of his alma mater.

Bianchi was the Head of the Department of Ornithology at the Imperial Academy of Sciences from 1896 to 1920.

He worked mainly on birds from Middle and Central Asia.

His son Vitaly Bianki was a renowned naturalist.