Images from the Endgame: Persia through a Russian Lens 1901-1914 [Paperback]

Alexander Ivanovitch Iyas, officer in the Tsar’s Lithuanian Regiment, arrived in Persia in 1901. Through his years there he documented places, people, and events in these remarkable photographs for which no other comprehensive collection exists. These photos offer a unique insight into the Great Game—the historical rivalry between Britain and Russia for the domination of Central Asia.

Rare photos from the race to conquer Central Asia.

John Tchalenko travelled extensively in Iran as an earthquake geologist, where he first came across the traces of Alexander Iyas who he eventually discovered to be his great-uncle. Tchalenko is currently Reader in Drawing and Cognition at the University of the Arts, London.