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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 .
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.
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]
In the spring of 1922, the city of Kyzyl became the capital of the Tuvan People's Republic (TPR). In 1924, the Tuvan Central Cooperative (Tuvintsenkoop, TCC) was formed, which played a significant role in the development of industrial production and domestic and foreign trade. In 1925, the Tuvan National Bank (Tuvinbank) was founded.
Ulug-Khemsky Kozhuun was established within the Tuvan People's Republic on September 8, 1923. [2] It became Ulug-Khemsky District on October 13, 1944, when the Tuvan People's Republic became a part of the Soviet Union. [2] In 1957, its territory was enlarged by appending Bayan-Kolsky Selsoviet. [2]
Shagonar (Russian: Шагона́р; Tuvan: Шагаан-Арыг, romanized: Şagân-Arıg) is a town and the administrative center of Ulug-Khemsky District in the Tuva Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Yenisei River, 124 kilometers (77 mi) west of Kyzyl, the capital of the republic.
The Head of the Republic of Tuva (formerly known as the President of the Republic of Tuva) is the highest office within the Republic of Tuva in Russia. The Head is Head of State and Head of Government of Tuva. The Head is elected by citizens of Russia residing in the republic. Term of service is five years. [1] [2]