From 1883 to 1887, on behalf of the Academy, he was engaged in preserving ancient monuments throughout the Russian North, in major cities as well as rural areas.

In 1886, for a project involving baths in the Pompeiian style, he was named an Academician of Architecture by the Russian Geographical Society.

In the years 1889 to 1891, he was mostly involved with restorative work; notably at the Cathedral of the Transfiguration [ru] in Pereslavl-Zalessky and in the Mirozhsky Monastery.

[1] In the early part of the 20th century, he served in the Office of the Institutions of Empress Maria, as an honorary member of the Council of Children's Shelters, in the Council of Professors at the Academy and as a member of the Imperial Russian Archaeological Society as well as being the founder of the Society for the Renaissance of Artistic Russia [ru] (OBXP).

[2] After the Revolution, he served as head of the architectural section of the Monument Protection Department of the People's Commissariat of the RFSFR.