| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1929 |
| Number: | 17 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Nicholas Roerich |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1874 |
| Year, Death: | 1947 |
| Profession: | Scenic designer, archaeologist, landscape painter |
| City: | St Petersburg |
| Country: | RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU) |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Georges Chklaver |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Chargé de conférences, Institut de hautes études internationales |
| University: | Graduate Institute of International Studies |
| City: | Geneva |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
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| Comments: |
Chklaver nominated Roerich on behalf of several other persons (most of them were not entitled to nominate), including Baron M. de Taube (member of the Institute of International Law).
Roerich had emigrated to the United States in 1920. He was working as scenic designer for Diaghilev's Ballet Russes, archaeologist, Asiatic explorer and mystic philosopher. |
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