 From 1907 to 1908 he taught Mongolian at the St. Petersburg University's Faculty of Oriental Languages.In 1909 and 1910 travelled to Inner Mongolia and the Ordos area.In 1911, he travelled to the Tungus at the upper Onon river, and in 1912 he took part in archeological studies at Erdene Zuu, the former site of Karakorum.