The princely family of Golitsyns gave Russia many outstanding statesmen, renowned military leaders, creative individuals, and scholars. However, after 1917, they became unnecessary to the new state that emerged in place of the Russian Empire. With desperate courage, some Golitsyns decided to remain in their homeland, where they were considered outsiders and referred to as "former ones."

Vladimir Mikhailovich Golitsyn, born in 1901, showed creative abilities from childhood. However, after the rise of Soviet power, he found himself among the "unreliable." Despite this, the young prince found work in poster workshops, where he could officially work as an artist. Later, he moved to Konchalovsky's workshop, continuing to develop his talent. Vladimir Mikhailovich was so versatile that, in addition to his creative pursuits, he engaged in shipbuilding and worked in a museum.

He could not imagine life without his homeland, so after taking first place at the Paris exhibition for painting items, he returned. Golitsyn understood the danger of staying in the USSR but could not act otherwise. Upon his return, he was almost immediately arrested but was soon released. Then followed two more arrests and a ban on living in Moscow. Despite the darkening clouds above him, he continued to believe in a better future and wrote for various newspapers. He invented many children's games and did not engage in politics, but the Stalinist regime demanded new victims. In 1941, 40-year-old Golitsyn was arrested. He was sentenced to five years in prison and denied his request to be sent to the front. He died in 1943 under inhumane conditions. The fate of this talented representative of a famous lineage turned out to be tragic. Under different circumstances, he could have achieved more, but the repressions consumed him as well.