Nikolai Root (Russian: Николай Федорович Роот,[1] November 24, 1870 – May 10, 1960)[2] was a Russian–Estonian painter.
[6] In 1900, he graduated from the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg,[1][5][6][7] and he received an invitation to teach drawing in pedagogy courses.
In 1931, Root organized an exhibition of Russian art in the Great Guildhall on Pikk Street [et] in Tallinn.
In 1939, he founded a church museum near Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Tallinn, gave lectures on Russian artists, and held exhibitions of their works.
[8] Root lived in Kuressaare during World War II, and he returned to Tallinn in 1945.