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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 203,880 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Helena Roerich is the 3,662nd most popular writer (down from 3,069th in 2019), the 1,325th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,026th in 2019) and the 170th most popular Russian Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.99

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  • 2.31

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Helena Roerich ranks 3,662 out of 5,755Before her are Bernardo Guimarães, Abraham Goldfaden, Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, Amir Hamzah, and Vitsentzos Kornaros. After her are Kurd Lasswitz, Tevfik Fikret, Gloria Fuertes, Fumiko Enchi, Mouloud Mammeri, and Georgette Heyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Helena Roerich ranks 130Before her are Albert Taillandier, Pavel Bazhov, Zsigmond Móricz, Benjamin Christensen, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, and Grace Coolidge. After her are Ernst Herzfeld, Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni, Petros Persakis, Ruth St. Denis, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, and Martin Mutschmann. Among people deceased in 1955, Helena Roerich ranks 95Before her are Ona Munson, Wallace Stevens, Tribhuvan of Nepal, Hans Hedtoft, Theodor Plievier, and Karl Hofer. After her are Ramón Muttis, Bill Vukovich, Louis Leon Thurstone, Willi Baumeister, Tom Moore, and Manny Ayulo.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Helena Roerich ranks 1,325 out of 3,262Before her are Tetyana Yablonska (1917), Nikolay Ogarev (1813), Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807), Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy (1790), Fyodor Dan (1871), and Wilhelm Küchelbecker (1797). After her are Anatoly Filipchenko (1928), Gavriil Popov (1904), Andrey Korotayev (1961), Sergey Mironov (1953), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (1962), and Vitaly Solomin (1941).

Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Helena Roerich ranks 170Before her are Johannes Bobrowski (1917), Vera Komissarzhevskaya (1864), Yuri Rytkheu (1930), Aleksey Pisemsky (1821), Nikolay Ogarev (1813), and Wilhelm Küchelbecker (1797). After her are Konstantin Fedin (1892), Natalya Gorbanevskaya (1936), Andrejs Pumpurs (1841), Pyotr Vyazemsky (1792), Viktor Yerofeyev (1947), and Dmitry Furmanov (1891).