“superiority of our firearms prevented bloodshed.... In spite of our having Tibet passports, the expedition was forcibly stopped by Tibetan authorities.”
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Nicholas Roerich
Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh, better known as Nicholas Roerich, was a Russian polymath, painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, philosopher, and public figure. He is best known for his prolific body of artwork, which spans over 7,000 paintings, and his contributions to a wide array of cultural, political, intellectual, and artistic movements and causes.
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culture · Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher (1874–1947) · philosopher · painter · choreographer · writer · archaeologist · poet · diplomat · historian · explorer · scenographer · also Nicholas Roerich, Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh, Nikolai Roerich, Nikolaĭ Rʹorikh, Nicolas Roerich, Nikolajs Rērichs
Born 27 September 1874 · Died 13 December 1947 · Q208993
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New York Magazine: The Nicholas Roerich Museum
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2015· 1 entry
PBS: Appraisal: Nicholas Roerich Charcoal Sketch, ca. 1917
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2008· 1 entry
MutualArt.com: Nicholas Roerich Museum
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1947· 1 entry
Died 1947-12-13.
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1942· 2 entries
The American–Russian cultural Association (ARCA) was created in New York
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Roerich received Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter, Indira Gandhi, at his house in Kullu
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1935· 1 entry
Explored parts of Inner Mongolia: the Gobi Desert, Ordos Desert, and Helan Mountains
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1934· 1 entry
Explored the Greater Khingan mountains and Bargan plateau in western Manchuria
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1929· 1 entry
Roerich was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the University of Paris
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1924· 1 entry
The Roerichs returned to the West
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1923· 1 entry
Roerich, the "practical idealist," set out to the Himalayas with his wife and his son Yuri
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1922· 1 entry
That he was an incarnation of the Fifth Dalai Lama
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1920· 1 entry
And the artist never received full payment for his work
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1906· 1 entry
And found early employment with the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, whose school he directed from this year to 1917
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1899· 1 entry
In connection with the question of the Finnish burials of St
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1898· 1 entry
Studied at Imperial St. Petersburg University (1898).
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1897· 1 entry
Studied at Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1897).
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1874· 1 entry
Born 1874-09-27.
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