Olonets Governorate
In 1847 he was arrested and sent to Olonets Governorate where he worked at the Petrozavodsk Government Administration. In 1856 Bilozersky was freed from his exile and he moved to Saint Petersburg where he joined the local hromada organization. In 1861-62 Bilozersky became the editor of the first Ukrainian monthly magazine in the city "Osnova" that was published mainly in Ukrainian.