It seems as if Bukunin engaged in rebellious acts all his life. He travelled to Europe to learn phillosophy in the 1840s and became familiar with the works of Hegel, Fichte , and Proundhon . After becoming involved in the 1848 revolutions , he was arrested and transported back to Tsarist authorities , who kept him in prison for years. He finally escaped and went to the United States via Japan, eventually ending up back in Europe where be became involved in further uprisings in the 1870s , just before his death.