Nicholas Roerich

Nicholas Roerich (; October 9, 1874 – December 13, 1947) – also known as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh () – was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and theosophist. Some people in Russia thought of him as an enlightener, philosopher, and public figure. He was interested in hypnosis and other spiritual practices. His paintings are said to have hypnotic expression.Nicholas Roerich: In Search of Shambala by Victoria Klimentieva, стр. 31Nicholas Roerich Museum  He was born in Saint Petersburg to a Russian mother and a Baltic German father.Andrei Znamenski, Red Shambhala: Magic, Prophecy, and Geopolitics in the Heart of Asia, Quest Books (2011), p. 157 Roerich was an activist for the preserving of art and architecture during war time. He earned several nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize long list.Nobel Prize Nomination Database The Roerich Pact which was signed into law in 1935 by the United States and most nations of the Pan-American Union was named after him.

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