Arrest and Expulsion of Russia
In 1920 - 1922 in the Abrikosov's house occurred interview between representatives of the Catholic and Orthodox churches, which was attended by Moscow intellectuals. Under the influence of Abrikosov, in particular, converted to Catholicism Dmitriy Kuz'min-Karavaev. Such activity was considered counterrevolutionary and on August 17, 1922, Vladimir Abrikosov was arrested and sentenced to death, but then the punishment was condened to perpetual exile. On 29 September of the same year, Abrikosov was expelled from Russia for philosophers' ship with the 150 largest Russian intellectuals.
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