Tuvan People's Republic
Tuvan People's Republic | |||||||||||||
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| 1921–1944 | |||||||||||||
| Anthem: Tuvan Internationale (1921–1944) Тыва Интернационал "Tooruktug Dolgay Tangdym" (1944) Тооруктуг долгай таңдым | |||||||||||||
Blue line is the early border of the TPR Red line is the Tuvan Autonomous Oblast border | |||||||||||||
Location of the Tuvan People's Republic (modern-day boundaries) | |||||||||||||
| Status | Soviet satellite state | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Kyzyl 51°41′53″N 94°23′24″E / 51.698°N 94.390°E | ||||||||||||
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| Government | Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic led by the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party | ||||||||||||
| Party leader | |||||||||||||
• 1921–1922 (first) | Mongush Nimachap | ||||||||||||
• 1932–1944 (last) | Salchak Toka | ||||||||||||
| Head of state | |||||||||||||
• 1921–1922 (first) | Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy | ||||||||||||
• 1940–1944 (last) | Khertek Anchimaa-Toka | ||||||||||||
| Head of government | |||||||||||||
• 1923–1924 (first) | Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy | ||||||||||||
• 1941–1944 (last) | Saryg-Donggak Chymba | ||||||||||||
| Legislature | People's Khural | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period, World War II | ||||||||||||
• Independence | 14 August 1921 | ||||||||||||
• Absorbed by the USSR | 11 October 1944 | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 1931 | 82,200 | ||||||||||||
• 1944 | 95,400 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Tuvan akşa | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Russia | ||||||||||||
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The Tuvan People's Republic (TPR), known simply as Tannu Tuva, was a partially recognized socialist republic that existed between 1921 and 1944 in North Asia. 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.
The Soviet Union and Mongolia were the only countries to formally recognize it during its existence, in 1924 and 1926 respectively. After a period of increased Soviet influence, in October 1944, the polity was absorbed into the Russian SFSR (the largest constituent republic of the Soviet Union) at the request of the Tuvan parliament, ending 23 years of independence.