A Comparison of Expeditions by Francis Younghusband and Nicholas Roerich to Tibet

A study of the British expedition to Tibet by the famous orientalist Colonel F. Younghusband allows us to better understand the place that Tibet occupied in the international politics of various states, in particular, Russia and Great Britain, and the role that the investigator played in this. F. Younghusband left a noticeable mark in the history of the so-called “Big Game”. In addition to the political result, it is difficult to underestimate the important travel notes of F. Younghusband, numerous monographs describing not only the political process of the task assigned to him but also the region of Asia as a whole, nature and people. N. Roerich with his sons, one of whom was an orientalist and another was an artist, implemented many cultural projects, however, in historiography, there are opinions about the political nature of his mission.