 Vladimir Varankin was elected from the beginning a member of the board of secretaries, later director of the organizational department, vice president and finally general secretary of the All-Russia committee of SEU.He became a full-fledged member of the Language commission at SEU and 
member of the Language committee at the Akademio de Esperanto (Academy of Esperanto).In 1932 in "Nova Etapo" (New Stage) there appeared several chapters from "Metropoliteno" under the title "Barikadoj" (Barricades).