In 1915, Roerich contracted pneumonia and was advised by his doctor to recuperate in Finland. He was still there two years later, when the Russian Revolution took place. No admirer of the Bolsheviks, he stayed away from home, spending short spells in Stockholm and London before boarding a ship with his family for the US in 1920.
In 1915, Roerich contracted pneumonia and was advised by his doctor to recuperate in Finland. He was still there two years later, when the Russian Revolution took place. No admirer of the Bolsheviks, he stayed away from home, spending short spells in Stockholm and London before boarding a ship with his family for the US in 1920.