After 18 months of captivity, he led an escape of 11 inmates from Lukyanovskaya prison and lived in exile in Switzerland, where he was an editor for the revolutionary newspaper Iskra.
Efter at have siddet fængslet i 18 måneder, organiserede han en flugt for 11 fanger fra Lukyanivska-fængslet, og han boede derefter i eksil i Schweiz, hvor han var redaktør for den revolutionære avis Iskra.