Serebryakov argues that it was 'indecent' to talk about such things as 'self deception, priority and so called Areopagus in a serious revolutionary movement,' and inter alia wrote: 'Myshkin, Rogachev, Zhelyabov, Mikhailov, Perovskaya, Figner and others never regarded themselves as leaders, and no one ever elected or appointed them as such, although as a matter of fact, they were leaders because, in the propaganda period, as well as in the period of the fight against the government, they took the brunt of the work upon themselves, they went into the most dangerous places and their activities were the most fruitful.