His wife Aleksandra, nicknamed Sashura, was a liberal and a nihilist, and for a time the only female journalist at the Peterburskie Vedomosti ("Saint Petersburg Times").
Hans fru Aleksandra, med smeknamnet Sasjura, var en liberal och nihilist, och under en tid den enda kvinnliga journalisten i Peterburskie Vedomosti ("S: t Petersburg Times").