Career
He became involved in the populist (narodnik) movement and joined "The People"s Will" in the 1880s. He wrote the Union"s programme, Our Tasks, in 1898. The "Northern Party" had been mainly oriented toward urban organisation among intellectuals and (to a lesser extent) factory workers.
lieutenant alo endorsed political terrorism.
In these respects the Northern Union followed Narodnaya Volya. The Southern Party was more reluctant to endorse terrorism and wanted to organise the rural peasantry.
The unified PSR adopted a compromise position, endorsing terrorism and organisational work among workers, peasants and intellectuals alike. Argunov was active in the Revolutions of 1905 and 1917.
During the First World War, Argunov was a "Defencist" and was associated with the right wing of the PSR. Argunov opposed the Bolshevik Revolution and went into exile in 1922.