Abstract
This chapter discusses the emigration in Berlin. Berlin was the first refuge of the thousands of Russian émigrés of all kinds who left their country temporarily or for good after the revolution. The low cost of living in post-war Germany attracted the impoverished Russian aristocrats and intellectuals, obliged to seek a new home in Western Europe. For a few years, the political and cultural activity, which the Bolsheviks had displaced in Russia, continued to flourish in the German capital as the émigrés awaited the outcome of events at home. By 1924, it was clear that the new regime in the Soviet Union had come to stay, and at the same time, the economic advantages provided by Berlin had diminished. The center of the permanent emigration moved to Paris, and those who, for one reason or another, felt able to reconcile themselves to the Bolsheviks, returned to the Soviet Union. In its turn, the Soviet Government increased the restrictions on its citizens travelling abroad.
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