▁ ▁M amin - S ib iry ak ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Vis im , ▁Perm ▁Governor ate ▁in ▁the ▁Ur als ▁( in ▁present - day ▁Sver d lov sk ▁O blast ), ▁into ▁the ▁family ▁of ▁a ▁factory ▁priest . ▁He ▁was ▁first ▁educated ▁at ▁home , ▁and ▁then ▁studied ▁in ▁the ▁Vis im ▁school ▁for ▁worker ' s ▁children . ▁He ▁later ▁attended ▁the ▁Y ek ater in burg ▁The ological ▁Sem inary ▁( 1 8 6 6 – 1 8 6 8 ) ▁and ▁the ▁Perm ▁The ological ▁Sem inary ▁( until ▁ 1 8 7 2 ). ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 2 ▁he ▁entered ▁the ▁veter inary ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁Saint ▁Petersburg ▁Medical ▁Academy . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 6 , ▁not ▁having ▁finished ▁the ▁a cademy , ▁he ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁Law ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁St ▁Petersburg ▁University . ▁He ▁studied ▁there ▁for ▁one ▁year ▁and ▁then ▁left , ▁due ▁to ▁health ▁( the ▁beginning ▁of ▁t uber cul osis ) ▁and ▁financial ▁difficulties . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 8 7 7 , ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁his ▁family ▁in ▁the ▁Ur als . ▁His ▁father ▁died ▁the ▁following ▁year ▁and ▁all ▁the ▁difficulties ▁of ▁the ▁family ▁fell ▁on ▁M amin - S ib iry ak . ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁find ▁work ▁and ▁educ ate ▁his ▁brothers ▁and ▁sister ▁the ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁large ▁cultural ▁center ▁of ▁Y ek ater in burg . ▁There , ▁he ▁married ▁Maria ▁Ale k see va ▁who