Here nudzhno clarify the issue. Who do you mean? Those who had been brought to suicide? Or representatives of "degenerate art", harried by the authorities? Or those who were sent into exile? Which format of the event we have in mind? Because in the broad sense of any good artist, no flyweight, the man ahead of their time paying with their lives for their ideas. Among the brightest people in general are not a lot of longevity.
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The blog of Andrei Kovalev - a reference to an article by another author about Mavromati and community response (including a group of war):
http://kovalev-org.livejournal.com/199214.html