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    the Tuvan Keshdims, Baits, and Teleks. This was the beginning of Mongol suzerainty over the Tuvans. After the collapse of the Naiman Khanate, Tuvans moved...
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  • Tuvan, sometimes spelt Tyvan, is a Turkic language spoken in the Republic of Tuva in South Central Siberia, Russia. There are small groups of Tuvans that...
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  • Tuvan or Tuvinian can refer to: Of or pertaining to Tuva, a federal subject of Russia Tuvans or Tuvinians, a Turkic ethnic group living in southern Siberia...
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    subgroup of the Tuvans living in Todzhinsky District of Tuva Republic. The Tozhu Tuvans are reindeer herders. The language of Tozhu Tuvan people is a subdialect...
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    has been exploited by the Tuvans for about ten years now and is also located in disputed territory, so the demand for the Tuvan government to return it...
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    Tuva (redirect from Tuvan Republic)
    into the former in 1944. A majority of the population are ethnic Tuvans who speak Tuvan as their native tongue, while Russian is spoken natively by the...
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  • This is a partial list of notable Tuvan people. Kidispey Choodu Sergey Shoygu Donduk Kuular Kaadyr-ool Bicheldey Khertek Anchimaa-Toka Larisa Shoigu Salchak...
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    The Tuvan Autonomous Oblast was an autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union, created on 11 October 1944 following the annexation of the Tuvan People's Republic...
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    exclusively in Russian by the 1990s, Tuvans remained the largest ethnicity in Tuva (approximately 206,000 residents were of Tuvan ethnicity, and 98,000 were of...
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    practice the technique as well. The popularity of throat singing among Tuvans seems to have arisen as a result of geographic location and culture. The...
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  • The Tuvan Internationale (Tuvan: Тыва Интернационал, [tʰɯˈʋɑ intʲeɾnɐtsi.ɐˈnɑɫ]; Russian: Тувинский Интернационал) is a socialist song set to a Tuvan traditional...
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    The akşa was the currency of the Tuvan People's Republic (Tannu-Tuva) between 1934 and 1944 and was equal to the Soviet ruble upon introduction. It was...
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  • inhabited by a Turkic people. Tuvans are known abroad for khoomei (xöömej), a kind of overtone singing. Traditionally, Tuvan music was only a solo effort...
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    1944, the Tuvan People's Republic became part of the Soviet Union, becoming the Tuva Autonomous Region. From that moment on, the Tuvans participated...
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    well the Tuvan sky. The blue pall symbolizes the confluence of the Bii-Khem (Bolshoy Yenisei) and Kaa-Khem (Maly Yenisei) rivers at the Tuvan capital of...
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    The Tuvan State University is based in Kyzyl, the capital of Republic of Tuva, Russia, and is the only university in Tuva. The university was founded...
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    connection of Tom Tatars with Teleuts, Northern Altaians, Shors, Khakass, Tuvans and Buryats is shown, which confirms their connection with the South Siberian...
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    Karahaash. The ancestors of the Tofalar (and the closely related Soyots, Tozhu Tuvans, and Dukha) were proto-Samoyedic hunters-gatherers who arrived in the Eastern...
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  • Kuzhuget Shoigu (category Articles containing Tuvan-language text)
    1921 – 1 December 2010), was a Soviet Tuvan politician, journalist, and writer who served as a secretary of the Tuvan Regional Committee of the Communist...
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    Huun-Huur-Tu (category Articles containing Tuvan-language text)
    Huun-Huur-Tu (Tuvan: Хүн Хүртү, romanized: Hün Hürtü [ˌxyn xyrˈty]; Russian: Хуун-Хуур-Ту [ˌxuːn xuːr ˈtʊ]) are a music group from Tuva, a Russian federative...
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  • Tsengel, Bayan-Ölgii (category Articles containing Tuvan-language text)
    located in the west of the sum. The inhabitants are mainly Tuvans, known as Tsengel Tuvans, whereas the rest of Bayan-Ölgii is populated mainly by Kazakhs...
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    Khuresh (redirect from Tuvan wrestling)
    Khuresh (Tuvan: Хуреш) is a traditional Tuvan wrestling, in Siberia. The word has cognates with Tuvan's sister Turkic languages, for example Turkish güreş...
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  • Khertek Anchimaa-Toka (category Articles containing Tuvan-language text)
    the Tuvans sent due to their low level of basic education and requirement to becoming quickly fluent in Russian. Anchimaa was one of only 11 Tuvan students...
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    Uriankhai (category Articles containing Tuvan-language text)
    Kemchik, Salchak, and Tozhu (all Tuvans); and Altai people. Tuvans in Mongolia are called Monchoogo Uriankhai (cf. Tuvan Monchak < Kazakh monshak "necklace")...
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    The 1929 Tuvan coup d'état took place in the Tuvan People's Republic. It occurred in January after the Tuvan government under Prime Minister Donduk Kuular...
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    Uryankhay Krai (category Articles containing Tuvan-language text)
    and was the Russian exonym for Tuvans from the 17th century up through the early 20th century. The term was also the Tuvan endonym until the early 19th...
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    people, Gagauz people, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz people, Turkmens, Turkish people, Tuvans, Uyghurs, Uzbeks, and Yakuts. The first known mention of the term Turk (Old...
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    classified as Tibetan Tanka people, including Fuzhou Tanka Tebbu people Tuvans – classified as Mongols Waxiang people Jewish people Macanese people, mixed...
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    Inner Mongols. The Chinese government also classifies the Tuvans as Mongols, despite Tuvans being a Turkic, non-Mongolic ethnic group. The official language...
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    prominent members and public experts, "Men – tyva men" resonates well with Tuvans, as the lyrics evoke a sense of unity and spiritual uplift. After the official...
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