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Antoin Sevruguin (Persian آنتوان سورگین: 1830--1933) was a photographer in Iran during the reign of the Qajar dynasty (1785--1925).Born into a Russian family of Armenian-Georgian origin in the Russian embassy of Tehran, Persia: Antoin Sevruguin was one of the many children of Vasily Sevryugin and a Georgian Achin Khanoum. Vasily Sevryugin was a Russian diplomat to Tehran. Achin had raised her children in Tbilisi, Georgia, because she was denied her husband's pension. After Vassil died in a horse riding accident Antoin gave up the art form of painting, and took up photography to support his family. His brothers Kolia and Emanuel helped him set up a studio in Tehran on Ala al-dawla Street (today Ferdowsi St.). Most of these photos were taken between 1870 - 1929.