Word: konstantine
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hating Red Russia, but by Jean Baptiste August Kessler, 45, whose father founded Royal Dutch, employed Sir Henri as his secretary. Royal Dutch's Kessler now has the position of managing director while Sir Henri is director-general. Chief Russian with whom he talked co-operation was Konstantin Riabovol, chairman of Soyuzneftexport, the Soviet oil export syndicate...
Grave, goat-bearded Nicholas Konstantin Roerich has been more fortunate than most Russian emigres since the days when he was official scene painter for the Moscow Art Theatre. He went to the U. S. in 1920 with a mystical manner and a shipload of paintings, explored Thibet, gave lectures on the Higher Life, acquired a circle of adoring acolytes who refer to him as The Marster, designed an international peace flag, and had a 24-story apartment house-museum put up in Manhattan in his honor. Last week came a check. Because of failure to meet interest on mortgages totalling...