1862Born, Russia18801882Student at the University of St. Petersburg1882Expelled from the University of St. Petersburg and exiled to Siberia1888Arrived in Zurich, Switzerland and founded the magazine Svobodnaia Rossiia1897Began to publish Narodovolets in London1898Began to publish Byloe in London1903Expelled from France and Switzerland1909Exposed Envo Azef as a tsarist provocateur highly placed within the Russian revolutionary movement19091910Published Obshchee delo19091917Exposed numerous individuals as tsarist provocateurs19111914Published Budushchee1917 MarchReturned to Russia1917 OctoberArrested by the Bolshevik government and escaped from Russia19171922Published Obshchee delo19221942Pursued and exposed Soviet agents1942DiedFrom the guide to the Vladimir L'vovich Burtsev papers, 1906-1935, (Hoover Institution Archives)