 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Baba vake vaiva injiniya wehondo uye vakapinda Petersburg Electrotechnical Institute. Muna 1896, akasungwa nokuda kwemibato yeshanduko ndokuiswa mutorongo kwemwedzi inoverengeka. Pashure pokusunungurwa, akabvumirwa kupedza kudzidza, uye ipapo akaendeswa kuSiberia. Akatumirwa kunoshanda paThe Lena Goldfields gare gare nzvimbo yeLena massacre ine mukurumbira wakashata, pedyo neBodaybo. Ari ikoko, akabatanidzwa mukuvakwa kwezvivako zvemagetsi emvura uye akabatsira kuisa tambo dzesimbi mune imwe yenzvimbo dzegoridhe neimwe yemitsetse yokutanga yemagetsi muRussia. 