He described his education as follows: "I spent my childhood in the countryside and later I studied for a while in Odessa, first in a Private boarding-school and after in a Gymnasium, more or less equivalent, if I do not mistake, to a French high-school.
他如此描述自己的受教育经历：“我在乡下度过童年，接着在敖德萨学习了一阵儿，一开始是在一个私立寄宿学校，然后是在一个体育馆，如果我没弄错的话，它们和法国的高级中学差不了太多。