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Question
Why did Aksionov give up sending petitions?
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Solution
Aksionov’s wife came to visit him. She informed me that her petition for clemency had been turned down. She asked him if he had done it. Realizing that his wife also suspected him, Aksionov gave up sending petitions to the Tsar.
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