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Рерихи и российская индология Рерихи и российская индология

Tatyana Zagorodnikova, Larisa Kelim, Aleksandra Kozlova, Areg Mexakyan, Dar`ya Pavlova, Tyulina Elena, Shaumyan Tatiana, Shustova Alla, Yurlova Eugenia, Vladimir Chernyavskij

Roerichs and Russian Indology

Collection of articles


Editor: Shustova Alla

Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Москва, 2025, 304 p.

The collection of articles is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of N.K. Roerich, the 145th anniversary of the birth of E.I. Roerich and the 120th anniversary of the birth of S.N. Roerich. Both Nikolai Konstantinovich (1874–1947), and Elena Ivanovna (1879–1955), and their sons –Yuri (1902–1960) and Svyatoslav (1904–1993) made a significant contribution to Russian and world culture and science, and in particular, in Russian Indology.
The collection of articles contains materials dedicated to the scientifi c heritage of N.K. Roerich, the problems of studying the results of the Central Asian expedition N.K. Roerich, as well as dedicated to the oldest scientifi c institutions in the study of the Roerich Heritage: the Cabinet of Yu.N. Roerich in the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS, the memorial Cabinet of N.K. Roerich in the State Museum of the East, as well as the Roerich Readings held in the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS. The collection also contains work dedicated to some images of India in the history of Russian culture.
In the marks of the 120th anniversary of S.N. Roerich in the collection of articles presents the memoirs of indologists T.L. Shaumyan and E.S. Yurlova about meetings with the artist and his wife Devika Rani. The collection is concluded by the publication of the letter to E.I. and N.K. Roerich of the Russian emigrant in India V.M. Lyboshchinskaya.

Content

Preface
The Roerich family is a unique phenomenon in the history of Russian science . . . 5
The contribution of N.K. Roerich to the science
Shustova A.M. N.K. Roerich as a scientist . . . 31
The history of the creation and activities of the Roerich’s
Cabinets in the Institute of Oriental Studies by Russian
Academic Sciences and State Museum of the East
Chernyavsky V. E. The Memorial Cabinet of Yu. N. Roerich at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy
of Sciences. History of creation and development . . . 71
Tyulina E. V. Roerich Readings in the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS. 1960-2023 . . . 92
Kelim L. Yu. The history of the creation of the Memorial Cabinet of N. K. Roerich in the State Museum of Oriental Art 111
Some issues of studying the expedition of N. K. Roerich
in Central Asia and the historiography of Tibet
Pavlova D. V. Some philosophical aspects of the Central Asian expedition of N. K. Roerich in the context of the teachings of Living Ethics . . . 158
Mehakyan A. G. The images of Christ in the fine and literary and philosophical work of N. K. Roerich . . . 172
Shaumyan T. L. The pages of the history of Tibet in Russian and foreign historiography . . . 202
The image of India in theatrical projects
Kozlova A. A. Indian themes and motifs in Leon Baxt’s art 220
Memories of meetings with Svyatoslav Roerich
Yurlova E. S. Meetings with Svyatoslav Nikolayevich Roerich and Devika Rani . . . 251
Shaumyan T. L. Memorable meetings in Delhi . . . 283
Publication
Zagorodnikova T. N. A letter from Bhopal . . . 289

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