April finds both Istrati and Kazantzakis back in Russia, in Kiev, where Kazantzakis writes a film scenario on the Russian Revolution.
In Moscow in June, Kazantzakis and Istrati meet Gorki. He writes articles for Pravda about social conditions in Greece, then undertakes another scenario, this time on the life of Lenin. In July, Barbusse’ s periodical Monde publishes a profile of Kazantzakis by Istrati; this is Kazantzakis’ s first introduction to the European reading public.
At the end of August, Kazantzakis and Istrati joined by Eleni Samiou and Istrati
s companion Bilili Baud-Bovy, undertake a long journey in southern Russia with the object of co-authoring a series of articles entitled " Following the Red Star ".