Amongst Ustryalov's written works were contributions to
"The Problems of Great Russia" and
"Morning of Russia", two pre-Bolshevik journals in which he called for unity amongst the
Slavs and rejoiced in the overthrow of
Tsarist rule. In exile he founded the journal
"Okno" (Window) with other dissidents and in 1921 published his seminal collection of articles
"Smena vekh" ("Change of Landmarks"), in which he expounded his theories of nationalism and that gave rise to a weekly magazine,
Smena vekh. The main ideologue for the
Smenovekhovtsy as his followers became known, Ustryalov used written works such as
In the Struggle for Russia (1920) and
Under the Sign of Revolution (1925) to argue against the views of Struve. With the introduction of the
New Economic Policy Ustryalov saw a process of "normalisation" beginning in the Soviet Union and argued that increasingly the USSR was "like a radish" in that it was red on the outside but white on the inside. and lived in exile in
Harbin,
Manchuria. Here he worked as an advisor at the
China Far East Railway, (KVZhD). He was Dean of the Faculty of Law at Harbin from 1920 until 1924. ==Return to the Soviet Union==