The ideological views of L. N. Tolstoy companion, the Russian writer I. F. Nazhivin, shaped by the beginning of the 20th years of the XX century under the influence of radical political transformation in Russia are considered in article. Influence of intra emigrant struggle of opinions on evolution of views of the writer throughout the intermilitary period (the 20–30th years of the XX century), and also his vision of Russian state and Europe future in the conditions of an aggravation of public contradictions is analyzed.