 In 1917 Ruben goes to Tiflis.Actively participates in the Dashnaktsutyun's "Risks Policy", with the head of the Baku Communist Party, Stepan Shahumyan, who arrived in Tbilisi for a short while, and with other local Bolshevik leaders.1918 After the declaration of independence of Armenia on May 28 and the ultimatum-demand of Yerevan dictator Aram Manukyan, in 1918, In June, he came to Yerevan with other members of the Armenian Church.