Chirikov’s Abandoned House – The Writer Exiled By Lenin
In 1919, V.I. Lenin issued a directive to Evgeny Chirikov, stating: “Evgeny Nikolaevich, leave. I respect your talent, but you bother me. I will be forced to arrest you if you do not leave.” Consequently, Chirikov was expelled from Russia in 1920. Born into a modest noble family on July 24 (August 5), 1864, Chirikov…