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Alexander Rabin
Painter. Son of Oscar Rabin and Valentina Kropivnitskaya, nephew of Lev Kropivnitsky, grandson of Yevgeny Kropivnitsky and Olga Potapova. Helped to organise the “bulldozer exhibition” (1974). Emigrated to France (1978). Died in Paris (1994).
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