The light of the desert. With the expedition of N.K. Roerich in Central Asia

A bright and unusual expedition under the leadership of academician N.K. Roerich 1925 - 1928 In the literature it has several names: the Central Asian, Tibetan, and Transhimalayan, and even - the Embassy of Western Buddhists in Lhasa. Essentially, it began at the end of 1923, immediately upon the arrival of the Roerich family to India, and went from Darjiling through Kashmir, Ladak, Sinjiang, Soviet Russia (Moscow, Altai, Buryatia), then Mongolia (southwestern Gobi) and Tibet, ending in Darjiling in the spring of 1928
The expedition had multifaceted goals and objectives. Their comprehension both on the basis of the publications of reports about her of the Roerichs themselves shortly after its completion, and in connection with the recently published diary records of its main participants, for the researchers for a long time inaccessible, and allows us to talk about the unique nature of this extraordinary event in history in history study of Central Asia.
In this collection, the reader proposes the work of N.K. Roerich called "Light of the Desert." Also, the reader can get acquainted with the expeditionary diaries of Nikolai Viktorovich Kordashevsky (1877-1945), the head of the convoy. The former colonel of the Russian army, a man of outstanding fate, he was invited to the expedition of N.K. Roerich took part in it in the Mongol and Tibetan plots.
Compiled by Boldyrev O. G