 Many of his best writings composed in Russian, and French were systematically published in the European press.The climax of Nikoladze's activity was his successful negotiations in the mid-1880s with Alexander III and his government that reduced the nationwide repressions and saved Vera Figner from the gallows and Chernyshevsky from exile.In 1884, Nikoladze and Guramishvili were living in Saint Petersburg, where their daughter Rusudana (1884-1981) was born.