Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nikolay Ogaryov akaberekerwa muSaint Petersburg mumhuri yevaridzi venyika vakapfuma veRussia. Arasikirwa namai vake achiri muduku, Nikolay akapedza makore ake ouduku munharaunda yababa vake pedyo nePenza. Muna 1826 akasangana ndokuva shamwari yepedyo yehama yake iri kure Aleksandr Herzen, waakawana naye pakarepo zvinhu zviviri zvakafanana, kusada umambo uye kunzwira tsitsi kukuru neDecembrists
' pfungwa. Muna 1829 akasiya purazi ndokuenda kunodzidza paYunivhesiti yeMoscow, kwaakavandudza basa rinoshamisa rezvematongerwe enyika nekujoinha boka reva utopian socialists, izvo zvakaguma nekusungwa kwake uye kudzingwa kwake papurazi rababa vake.