Biography
Nikolay Ogaryov was born in Saint Petersburg in a Russian noble family. Having lost his mother early, Nikolay spent his childhood years in his father's estate nearby Penza. In 1820 he moved to Moscow. The year of 1826 saw the beginning of Ogaryov's long friendship with Aleksander Hertzen, a distant relative whom he instantly found two things in common: aversion to monarchy and deep empathy with the Decembrists' ideas.
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