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The International Center of the Roerichs supported by international non-governmental organizations and well-known cultural figures requested of UNESCO to preserve the cultural heritage of Karabakh

Ms. Audrey Azoulay Director-General UNESCO Mr. Ernesto Ottone Assistant Director-General for Culture UNESCO Dear Ms. Azoulay, Dear Mr. Ottone, The International Centre of the Roerichs (Moscow, Russia) jointly with other international non-governmental organizations and cultural figures writes to you in view of the urgent necessity to protect the cultural heritage of Nagorno Karabakh. As it is well known on November 9, 2020 the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the
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Appeal of the International Center of the Roerichs about the Destruction of Cultural Heritage Sites during the Karabakh Armed Conflict

To the President of The Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan Dear Mr. Aliyev and Mr. Pashinyan! An armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh that started on 27 September 2020 has resulted in the damage and destruction of cultural property, including historic monuments. This is raising a great concern. The parties to the conflict are not the only ones to suffer losses. The
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International scientific and public conference «Philosophy of the Cosmic Reality and New Scientific Mentality. On the 100th Anniversary of the Creation of the Living Ethics». Moscow, October 8–10, 2020. INFORMATIONAL LETTER

Organizers of the conference: International Centre of the Roerichs Coorganizers: Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University (Kyrgyzstan) Rahpooyan Haghighat Research Center Institute (MPRH Institute, Iran) Section «Russian cosmism» of Russian philosophical society International Committee for preservation of the Roerichs’ heritage International Association of Peace Foundations International council of Roerich organizations named after Svetoslav Roerich Charitable Foundation by name of Helena
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On April 15, 2020, the International Round Table “The Roerich Pact – Peace through Culture” was held

On April 15, 2020, the International panel discussion (Round Table) on the theme of “The Roerich Pact. Peace through Culture”, dedicated to the 85th Anniversary of the Roerich Pact, as well as the 75th Anniversary of the Victory in the World War II and the Victory of the Soviet nation in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 as its inextricable part, was held online via interactive broadcasting. The Round Table was
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The International Center of the Roerichs called upon the President of the United States not to violate the Roerich Pact by destroying cultural heritage

On 5 January the President of the USA Donald Trump on his twitter warned Iranian government that the USA would respond to Iranian attacks against either Americans or American assets by targeting Iranian sites including those “important to Iran and the Iranian culture” and that they “will be hit very fast and very hard”. Threats made by the President of the USA raised extreme concern of the international community for the destiny of
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Presentations at a Press Conference of the International Center of the Roerichs ““Intentional Destruction of the Non-Governmental Nicholas Roerich Museum: Results and Consequences”, 01.30.2018

Presentations at a Press Conference of the International Center of the Roerichs Alexander Stetsenko, the Vice-President of the International Center of the Roerichs First of all I’d like to thank everyone who came to our press conference. Today’s press conference is held on a memorable day for us, first, 25 years ago, Svetoslav Roerich, the founder of our Museum, passed away. Svetoslav Roerich donated the legacy of his parents, Nicholas
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Resolution International congress of public “Destruction of the non-governmental Museum named after Nicholas Roerich in the light of problems in preservation of Russian culture in XXI century” March 24, 2018, Moscow The International congress of public “Destruction of the non-governmental Museum named after Nicholas Roerich in the light of problems in preservation of Russian culture in XXI century” was held in Moscow on March 24, 2018. Congress organizers – International
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Press conference of the International Centre of the Roerichs On 30th January

Intentional destruction of the non-governmental Museum named after Nicholas Roerich. Results and consequences On 30th January at 11:30 the press-conference of the International Centre of the Roerichs will take place at the press-center of the Information Agency Rosbalt (building 1, 4/2 Skatertniy per., Moscow). It is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the demise on January 30th, 1993 of Svetoslav Roerich (1904–1993), the younger son of the great Russian painter
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Appeal of the International Center of the Roerichs to the people of Russia

Dear compatriots! It is known that for several years a number of state officials have been doing systematic «work» to discredit, and, in fact, to destroy the International Center of the Roerichs (ICR) and its non-governmental museum named after N.K. Roerich, founded by Svyatoslav Roerich. In 2016, the Ministry of Culture refused to register the paintings of the Roerichs donated to the ICR in 2006–2013 in the non-State part of
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STATEMENT of the International Centre of the Roerichs concerning the armed seizure of the Lopoukhins estate

STATEMENT of the International Centre of the Roerichs  concerning the armed seizure of the Lopoukhins estate  carried out by the State Museum of Oriental Art on 28 – 29 April 2017  with the support from law enforcement agencies  aimed at the annihilation of the non-governmental Museum named after Nicholas Roerich  and the seizure of the Roerichs heritage, belonging to the International Centre of the Roerichs A short chronicle of events Around
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Press-release of the International Centre of the Roerichs. Chronicle of seizure // 29 April 2017, 20.45

On 28 April 2017 at about 21.30 several dozens of representatives of an unknown power structure with no identification signs, as well as the director of the State Museum of Oriental Art (SMOA), Alexander Sedov, with a lawyer, broke onto the territory of the non-governmental Museum named after Nicholas Roerich of the International Center of the Roerichs, Moscow, Russian Federation, without warning. All the Museum visitors and the management of the International Center
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It is ordered to evict. ICR report on the published decision of the Arbitration Court

On March 20, 2017, the judge of the Arbitration Court of Moscow Nataliya Chekmareva, having examined the lawsuit of the State Museum of Oriental Art (SMOA), ruled to terminate gratuitous agreements with International Center of Roerichs (ICR) and oblige the ICR to vacate buildings № 4 and № 7 of the Lopukhins’ estate, which the ICR and its non-governmental Museum have occupied since the 90s of the last century and
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Anti-cultural activity of the Ministry of Culture’s leadership is a shame for Russia

It is hard to amaze us with an epidemic of corruption among Russian officials. Fr om time to time the high-profile corruption scandals come to light. On the one part they give hope to the society that Authorities are not determined to put up with this “pesthole” of modern civilization, but on the other part they testify that the basis of vertical of power in Russia relies on people who
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Anatoly Karpov: “A War is going on to destroy the Roerich Museum”

Dear participants of the conference, I welcome you here in Moscow, at Nicholas Roerich Museum. We are going through hard times: as you may know, a provocative war has been waging against us for almost three years by the State Museum of Orient Art in order to destroy the Non-Governmental Museum named after Nicholas Roerich and the International Centre of the Roerichs in Moscow. If I only didn’t know that
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Statement of the International Centre of the Roerichs

From 9.40 a.m. on 7th March to 4.20 a.m. on 8th March under the pretext of investigative actions Central Investigation Department of MIA General Administration for the City of Moscow with the support of armed Special Purpose Mobility Unit along with the active participation of the Ministry of Culture and with the use of special equipment carried out a seizure at the non-governmental Museum named after Nicholas Roerich of the
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Press-Conference at Nicholas Roerich Museum of ICR

On March 9, 2017, in the Museum named after Nicholas Roerich of the ICR held a press conference. The participants of the press conference were provided with the facts, documents and the most complete information on the conduct of the power operation on the territory of the ICR with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the State Museum of Oriental Art and Nicholas
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Anatoly Karpov about the Roerichs heritage and the non-governmental Museum named after Nicholas Roerich // Sport FM radio

Anatoly Karpov about the Roerichs heritage and the non-governmental Museum named after Nicholas Roerich on "The Living Room of Alexey Lebedev" program on the air of Sport FM radio (3.03.2017). Alexey Lebedev: Well I hope that you will have a chance to discuss it with me or with my colleagues on the air of Sport FM. But now I’d like to shift from chess topic to your public activity. Except