Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakurudziro yaRyleev, Nikitenko akagara mumusha wa, aizotevera Decembrist, uyo akamupa basa rekudzidzisa munin'ina wake. Muna 1825, Nikitenko akanyoresa muThe Imperial Saint-Petersburg University. Akapukunyuka nokupotsa kutongwa nokuda kwokusonganirana navaDecembrist
S, 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.