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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. In the early 20th century, she created, in cooperation with the Teachers of the East, a philosophic teaching of Living Ethics ("Agni Yoga"). She was an organizer and participant of cultural activity in the U.S., conducted under the guidance of her husband, Nicholas Roerich. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helena Roerich has received more than 224,964 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Helena Roerich is the 3,527th most popular writer (up from 3,649th in 2019), the 1,305th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,321st in 2019) and the 163rd most popular Russian Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

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  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Helena Roerich ranks 3,527 out of 7,302. Before her are Remigius of Auxerre, Johannes von Tepl, Arator, Sara Teasdale, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Nikolay Ogarev. After her are Ryōtarō Shiba, Rutka Laskier, Laza Lazarević, Tsubouchi Shōyō, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, and Molla Panah Vagif.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Helena Roerich ranks 128. Before her are Beals Wright, Philippe Gaubert, Maud Menten, Kafū Nagai, Milan Šufflay, and Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria. After her are Leonid Mandelstam, Pavel Bazhov, Zsigmond Móricz, Grace Coolidge, Mazo de la Roche, and Wu Lien-teh. Among people deceased in 1955, Helena Roerich ranks 99. Before her are Erwin von Lahousen, Wallace Stevens, Otto Gessler, Hans Hedtoft, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, and Sybille Schmitz. After her are Louis Leon Thurstone, Karl Hofer, Guy Ropartz, Emmanuel de Martonne, Jenő Fuchs, and Jonni Myyrä.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Helena Roerich ranks 1,305 out of 3,761. Before her are Alexey Troitsky (1866), Vadim Krasnoselsky (1970), Tatyana Baramzina (1919), Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev (1290), Vladimir Steklov (1864), and Nikolay Ogarev (1813). After her are Vitaly Sevastyanov (1935), Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow (1507), Vladimir Zeldin (1915), Vera Yevstafievna Popova (1867), Valery Voronin (1939), and Tatyana Lioznova (1924).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Helena Roerich ranks 163. Before her are Mikhail Prishvin (1873), Andrey Piontkovsky (1940), Andreï Makine (1957), Andrejs Pumpurs (1841), Alexey Troitsky (1866), and Nikolay Ogarev (1813). After her are Pavel Bazhov (1879), Mikhail Isakovsky (1900), Konstantin Fedin (1892), Aleksey Pisemsky (1821), Natalya Gorbanevskaya (1936), and Alexander Bestuzhev (1797).

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