Why did Vladimir Nabokov leave Russia in 1919?

Vladimir Nabokov left Russia in 1919 as a result of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent Bolshevik seizure of power, which fundamentally altered the political and social landscape of the country.1

Following the revolution, many intellectuals and members of the aristocracy, including Nabokov’s family, fled the country to escape the new regime. After leaving Russia, Nabokov and his family eventually settled in Berlin, and he later pursued his education at Cambridge in England. This departure marked the beginning of his life as an émigré author, a period during which he became a prominent figure in the Russian literary diaspora.12