By 1916, Niko was working in Saint Petersburg, having taken a post on the board of "Russkaia volia" (Russian Liberty), a leading left-leaning journal. When the February Revolution began, the family immediately supported the creation of the Provisional Committee of the State Duma and both daughters began working as telephone operators for the new Soviet leadership. In the spring, Niko and Guramishvili returned to Tiflis, where he became one of the founders of the National Democratic Party. On 5 September, Rusudan left newly-renamed Petrograd with her son to return to the family home in Didi Jikhaishi and avoid the turmoil of the revolution. She began working as a teacher at the gymnasium her mother had founded. When Georgia gained its independence in 1918, Niko became a member of the Constituent Assembly and served until 1921. When the Soviets invaded Georgia, the family moved to London for three years, before returning to Tiflis, where Niko died in 1928.