Nikolai Roerich (1874-1947) was a Russian artist, set designer, mystic philosopher, writer, traveler, archaeologist, and public figure. Academician of the Imperial (Russian) Academy of Arts (1909).
During his lifetime, he created about 7000 paintings, many of which are in famous galleries around the world, and about thirty volumes of literary works, including one poetic. The author of the idea and initiator of the Roerich Pact, the founder of the international cultural movements "Peace through Culture" and "Banner of Peace".
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