“Those who despise a quiet life, who strive for difficulties and dangers, have nowhere to put their ebullient energy. And I realized then that there was nothing left for me to do but leave my native school and flee to the distant North, where there are still white spots that can be explored, and there are dangers and difficulties in the fight against harsh nature." This is how he explained his escape from sixth-grader Fyodor Kapustin at home.