Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1847, Herzen akatamira kuItaly nomudzimai wake, amai nevana, kuti asadzokere kuRussia. Kubva kuItaly, paakanzwa nezvokushanduka kwa 1848
, akakurumidza kuenda kuParis uye ipapo kuSwitzerland. Akatsigira kuchinja kwechi1848, asi akaodzwa mwoyo zvikuru nemasangano eEuropean socialist pashure pokunge akundikana. Hertzen akawana mukurumbira wake somunyori wezvematongerwe enyika. Zvinhu zvake zvaiva muRussia zvakavharwa nemhaka yokutama kwake, asi Baron Rothschild, uyo mhuri yake yakanga ine ukama hwebhizimisi naye, akakurukura kusunungurwa kwezvinhu zvacho, izvo zvakapiwa zita rokuti Rothschild.