With the coming of the twentieth century and the taking of power by the communists in 1918, everything changed. Having been the most free and colorful of institutions, Moscow University was now subjected to even greater attacks than were other circles.
時序進入廿世紀，一九一八年蘇共掌權，改變了蘇聯一切運作，最具自由色彩的莫大因此受到比外界更大的衝擊。