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 ".