9 1 7 ▁he ▁wel com ed ▁the ▁February ▁Revolution . ▁During ▁the ▁summer ▁he ▁head ed ▁the ▁So y uz ▁De y ate lei ▁I sk us st va ▁( Union ▁of ▁Art ists ) ▁and ▁wrote ▁articles ▁with ▁a ▁strong ▁anti - B ols he vik ▁attitude . ▁He ▁was ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁October ▁Revolution ▁but ▁remained ▁in ▁Pet ro grad ▁and ▁contributed ▁to ▁independent ▁newsp apers ▁until ▁they ▁were ▁terminated . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁he ▁spoke ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁the ▁Union ▁Of ▁Art ists ; ▁published ▁S le pa ia ▁b ab och ka ▁( The ▁Bl ind ▁But ter fly ), ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁new ▁short ▁stories ; ▁had ▁a ▁play ▁produced ▁in ▁Y al ta ; ▁and ▁joined ▁the ▁Petersburg ▁Union ▁of ▁Journal ists . ▁But ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁year , ▁because ▁of ▁B ols he vik ▁control ▁of ▁publishing ▁and ▁books elling , ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁any ▁out lets ▁for ▁his ▁writing . ▁Lev ▁Klein b ort ▁wrote ▁of ▁that ▁period : ▁" S olog ub ▁did ▁not ▁give ▁lect ures , ▁but ▁lived ▁by ▁s elling ▁his ▁things ." ▁ ▁Even ▁though ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁principle ▁opposed ▁to ▁em igration , ▁the ▁des perate ▁condition ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁found ▁himself ▁caused ▁him ▁to ▁apply ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁for ▁permission ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁country ; ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁receive ▁any ▁response . ▁ ▁Half ▁a ▁year ▁later ▁he ▁wrote ▁to ▁Len in ▁personally