He graduated with his first degree in 1914 and, because of his outstanding work on the distribution of quadratic residues and non-residues, he was encouraged to continue his studies, supervised by Uspenskii.
Siya ay nagtapos sa kanyang unang degree sa 1914 at, dahil sa kanyang natitirang trabaho sa pamamahagi ng parisukat residues at non-residues, siya ay hinihikayat na magpatuloy sa kanyang pag-aaral, supervised by Uspenskii.