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The Tuvan People's Republic (TPR), [a] [b] known simply as Tannu Tuva, [c] was a partially recognized socialist republic that existed between 1921 and 1944. [10] It was located in the same territory as the former Imperial Russian protectorate of Uriankhai Krai, northwest of Mongolia, and now corresponds to the Republic of Tuva, a republic of Russia.
In 1944, at the request of Tuva's Small People's Khural (parliament), the Tuvan People's Republic became a part of the Soviet Union as an autonomous oblast (the Tuvan AO) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (the Russian SFSR) by the decision of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. [4]
Tuva (/ ˈ t uː v ə /; Russian: Тува) or Tyva (/ ˈ t ɪ v ə /; Tuvan: Тыва [tʰɤ̀ʋɐ]), officially the Republic of Tyva, [a] is a republic of Russia. [13] Tuva lies at the geographical center of Asia , in southern Siberia .
This is a partial list of notable Tuvan people This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Russian President Vladimir Putin with young Tuvan cadets in Kyzyl, Tuva, 2024. Currently, Tuvans form the majority of the population in Tuva Republic. According to the 2010 Russian census, there was a total of 249,299 Tuvans who resided within Tuva. This represented 82.0% of the total population of the republic.
On 14 August 1921 the Bolsheviks (supported by Russia) established the Tuvan People's Republic, popularly called Tannu-Tuva. In 1926, the capital (Belotsarsk; Khem-Beldyr since 1918) was renamed Kyzyl, meaning "Red". [38] Tuva was an independent state between the World Wars. [34]
Map of Russia with Tuva highlighted. This is a list of rural localities in Tuva.Tuva (/ ˈ t uː v ə /; Russian: Тува́) or Tyva (Tuvan: Тыва), officially the Tyva Republic (Russian: Респу́блика Тыва́, romanized: Respublika Tyva, IPA: [rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə tɨˈva]; Tuvan: Тыва Республика, Tyva Respublika [tʰɯˈʋa resˈpʰuplika]), is a federal subject ...
During World War II, Tuva and its military worked on the side of the Allied Powers, and specifically, they were on the side of the large neighbor, the Soviet Union, with the Great Khural of Tuva declaring that Tuva is "ready by any means to participate in the struggle of the Soviet Union against the fascist aggressor until their final victory over it." [4] They joined the war within a month of ...