Tuvan People's Republic
The Tuvan People's Republic or TPR; known as the Tannu Tuva People's Republic until 1926, was a partially recognized state that existed between 1921 and 1944. It was formally a socialist republic and de facto a Soviet puppet state. The TPR was located in Tuva, covering the same territory, north-west of Mongolia, as was the previous 1914–1921 Tuvan protectorate (Uryankhay Krai) of the former Russian Empire, and is now the Tuva Republic, an administrative part of Russia.
Tuvan People's Republic | |||||||||||||
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| 1921–1944 | |||||||||||||
| Anthem: Tuvan Internationale (1921–1944) Тыва Интернационал The Taiga Filled With Pine Nuts (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 | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Kyzyl 51.698°N 94.390°E | ||||||||||||
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| Government | Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
The former Soviet Union and the Mongolian People's Republic were the only foreign governments to formally recognize the independence of the Tuvan state 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.