There's at least one legendary literature critic, Belinsky [1], in the old Russian Empire, who played a prominent role in "Westernizing" movement. Even for rea

There's at least one legendary literature critic, Belinsky [1], in the old Russian Empire, who played a prominent role in "Westernizing" movement. Even for reading his critique letter [2], one could get sentenced to death (e.g. Dostoevsky, although, after mock execution, his sentence was reduced to 4 years of forced labor in a remote settlement). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vissarion_Belinsky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vissarion_Belinsky [2] https://www.marxists.org/subject/art/lit_crit/works/belinsky/gogol.htm https://www.marxists.org/subject/art/lit_crit/works/belinsky...