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Helena Roerich

1879 - 1955

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Helena Ivanovna Roerich (Russian: Елена Ивановна Рерих; née Shaposhnikova (Шапошникова); 12 February [O.S. 31 January] 1879 – 5 October 1955) was a Russian theosophist, writer, and public figure. She and her husband Nicholas Roerich were the principal articulators of the Agni Yoga neo-theosophical teachings, which they claimed had been transmitted to them from the ascended master Morya. Along with her husband, she took part in expeditions of hard-to-reach and little-investigated regions of Central Asia, and lobbied for ratification of the Roerich Pact, an early international treaty regarding the protection of the cultural heritage. She was an Honorary President-Founder of the Urusvati Himalayan Research Institute in India. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helena Roerich is the 3,868th most popular writer (down from 3,526th in 2019), the 1,376th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,305th in 2019) and the 169th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Helena Roerich ranks 3,868 out of 7,302. Before her are David Brin, José Emilio Pacheco, Lui Morais, Jean-Christophe Grangé, Hella Wuolijoki, and Lina Sandell. After her are Vsevolod Ivanov, Joachim Heinrich Campe, Graham Hancock, Paavo Haavikko, José Cadalso, and Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht.

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Among people born in 1879, Helena Roerich ranks 147. Before her are Pavel Bazhov, Walery Sławek, Vittorio Ambrosio, Wu Lien-teh, Albert Taillandier, and Vilhjalmur Stefansson. After her are André Roosevelt, Eugen Varga, Henri Jobier, Urban Gad, Grzegorz Fitelberg, and Jin Shuren. Among people deceased in 1955, Helena Roerich ranks 110. Before her are Sybille Schmitz, Michele Besso, Jack McGrath, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, Hamida Javanshir, and William R. Orthwein. After her are Martha Norelius, Ona Munson, Karl Hofer, František Janda-Suk, Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich, and Willi Baumeister.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Helena Roerich ranks 1,376 out of 3,761. Before her are Valentina Tolkunova (1946), Aleksandra Chudina (1923), Fyodor Dan (1871), Pavel Vinogradov (1953), Dmitri Egorov (1869), and Alexey Bogolyubov (1824). After her are Marina Semyonova (1908), Elena Mukhina (1960), Slava Polunin (1950), Nina Grebeshkova (1930), Ivan Aksakov (1823), and Grigory Romanov (1923).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Helena Roerich ranks 169. Before her are Anton Delvig (1798), Daniil Granin (1919), Nikolay Mikhaylovsky (1842), Pyotr Tkachev (1844), Konstantin Fedin (1892), and Natalya Gorbanevskaya (1936). After her are Sergey Solovyov (1820), Veniamin Kaverin (1902), Nikolay Novikov (1744), Apollon Maykov (1821), Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin (1859), and Viktor Yerofeyev (1947).

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