Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakurudziro yaRyleev, Nikitenko akagara mumusha wa, muDecembrist wenguva yemberi, uyo akamupa basa rokudzidzisa munun'una wake muduku. Muna 1825, Nikitenko akanyoresa muThe Imperial Saint-Petersburg University. Akapukunyuka nokupotsa kutongwa nokuda kwokubatanidzwa ne
Decembrists, asi akakwanisa kupedza kosi uye akapedza kudzidza aine dhigirii reCandidate kubva kuDhipatimendi reNhoroondo nePhilosophy. Nikitenko akabva apiwa kosi pa Dorpat University, asi akaramba, asingadi kuzvipira kune yakadikanwa inotevera makore gumi nemana purofesa chibvumirano neyunivhesiti.