He graduated with honors from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics (1899) and from the Economics Department of the Faculty of Law (1900) of St. Petersburg Imperial University. In 1900—1901 he trained at the University of Leipzig and at the Agricultural Institute. Privat-docent of the Agricultural Institute (1903—1908). He lectured on political economy, agrarian problems and statistics at the Faculty of Law (1908, 1910-1913). In 1910 he worked at Yuryev University. In 1913—1917 he was a Professor of Tomsk Imperial University (Department of Political Economy), where in 1914—1917 he was the Dean of Law Faculty. In 1914 he defended his Master thesis in agriculture at Kharkov Imperial University. In June 1916 he served as Rector of Tomsk Imperial University. After a conflict with part of the faculty professors in May 1917, he moved to Warsaw (Rostov) University.История Томска, tomskhistory.lib.tomsk.ru
