, ▁again ▁without ▁result . ▁In ▁mid - J uly ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁he ▁finally ▁received ▁a ▁letter ▁from ▁T rot sky ▁author izing ▁his ▁departure , ▁and ▁he ▁made ▁plans ▁to ▁leave ▁for ▁Re val ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁September . ▁But ▁on ▁the ▁evening ▁of ▁ 2 3 ▁September ▁his ▁wife , ▁weak ened ▁by ▁priv ation ▁and ▁driven ▁to ▁desp air ▁by ▁the ▁long ▁tor ment ▁of ▁uncertainty , ▁threw ▁herself ▁off ▁the ▁T uch kov ▁Bridge ▁and ▁d rown ed . ▁ ▁His ▁wife ' s ▁death ▁gr ieved ▁S olog ub ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁life , ▁and ▁he ▁referenced ▁it ▁often ▁in ▁his ▁subsequent ▁writing . ▁( A ▁poem ▁dated ▁ 2 8 ▁November ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁begins ▁" You ▁took ▁away ▁my ▁soul / ▁To ▁the ▁bottom ▁of ▁the ▁river ./ ▁I ▁will ▁def y ▁your ▁wishes / ▁And ▁follow ▁you .") ▁He ▁gave ▁up ▁any ▁thought ▁of ▁leaving ▁Russia ▁and ▁re located ▁into ▁an ▁a partment ▁on ▁the ▁banks ▁of ▁the ▁Z hd an ov ka ▁River , ▁in ▁which ▁his ▁wife ▁had ▁d rown ed . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁the ▁New ▁Econom ic ▁Policy ▁was ▁begun , ▁and ▁from ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁year ▁his ▁books ▁( which ▁had ▁been ▁published ▁abroad ▁with ▁increasing ▁frequency , ▁not ably ▁in ▁Germany ▁and ▁Est onia ) ▁began ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁Soviet ▁Russia . ▁In ▁December ▁F im iam y ▁( In c ense ), ▁a ▁collection