Emigration thumb|Plaque at Bunin's residence at 1 rue Jacques Offenbach, Paris On 28 March 1920, after short stints in Sofia and Belgrade, Bunin and Muromtseva arrived in Paris, from then on dividing their time between apartments at 1, rue Jacques Offenbach in the 16th arrondissement of Paris and rented villas in or near Grasse in the Alpes Maritimes. Much as he hated Bolshevism, Bunin never endorsed the idea of foreign intervention in Russia. "It's for a common Russian countryman to sort out his problems for himself, not for foreign masters to come and maintain their new order in our home. I'd rather die in exile than return home with the help of Poland or England. As my father taught me: 'Love your own tub even if it's broken up'",Люби свое корыто, даже если оно разбито he once said, allegedly, to Merezhkovsky who still cherished hopes for Pilsudsky's military success against the Bolshevik regime.Lavrov, V.V. The Cold Autumn. Bunin in Emigration // Холодная осень. Иван Бунин в эмиграции 1920–1953.. Moscow. Molodaya Gvardia. .
Emigration thumb|Plaque at Bunin's residence at 1 rue Jacques Offenbach, Paris On 28 March 1920 after short stints in Sofia and Belgrade, Bunin and Muromtseva arrived in Paris, from then on dividing their time between apartments at 1, rue Jacques Offenbach in the 16th arrondissement of Paris and rented villas in or near Grasse in the Alpes Maritimes. Much as he hated Bolshevism, Bunin never endorsed the idea of foreign intervention in Russia. "It's for a common Russian countryman to sort out his problems for himself, not for foreign masters to come and maintain their new order in our home. I'd rather die in exile than return home with the help of Poland or England. As my father taught me: 'Love your own tub even if it's broken up'",Люби свое корыто, даже если оно разбито he once said, allegedly, to Merezhkovsky who still cherished hopes for Pilsudsky's military success against the Bolshevik regime.Lavrov, V.V. The Cold Autumn. Bunin in Emigration // Холодная осень. Иван Бунин в эмиграции 1920–1953.. Moscow. Molodaya Gvardia. .