Ƙirƙiri wani nau'i mai mahimmanci na wannan jumla Ta yi karatu a zane-zane a Cibiyar Harkokin Kasuwanci ta Imperial a Saint Petersburg (Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg); a lokacin 1891 da 1892 tare da Pavel Chistiakov sannan kuma tare da Pavel Kovalevsky (Па́вел О́сипович Ковале́вский).
Tabbas, sigar da ta fi rikitarwa ita ce "Ta yi karatun zane-zane a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Imperial a Saint Petersburg ( Императорская Академия художеств ) tsakanin 1891 da 1901 kuma an ba ta taken''artist' (Rasha: художника ) don hotonta'' B'' ehind the scenes'''' (' За кулисами'') '. "