 Maksim Gorky and Vladimir Mayakovsky both visited the apartment.She became associated with the group “Soiuz molodezhi.” Her acquaintance with Malevich become important to her artistic development.After the revolution, Ermolaeva participated in competitions sponsored by the Visual Arts Department (IZO) of the People's Commissariat of Education (Narkompros) and experimented with working as an artist in the theater.