Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I noho ia hei mema pono o te Whare Wananga i te tau 1895 a i tapaina ko ia he Kairangahau e wha tau i muri mai. I muri i ngā mahi o te Rātapu Toto
I te mutunga o te pakanga, i tirotirohia e nga pirihimana a Peredvizhniki, ka tiimata te hiahia ki a raatau mahi, kaore ano kia hoki mai te mahi a Volkov. I mate ia i roto i "te rawakore o te rawakore" i tona kainga i te Moutere o Vasilievsky.