Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I noho ia hei mema tonu o te Whare Wananga i te tau 1895 a i tapaina ia hei Academician e wha tau i muri mai. I muri i ngā kaupapa o
I te Rātapu Toto, i tirotirohia e te pirihimana a Peredvizhniki, ka tiimata te heke o te hiahia ki a raatau mahi, kaore ano kia ora te mahi a Volkov. I mate ia i roto i "te rawakore o te rawakore" i tona kainga i te Moutere o Vasilievsky.