Tuva (Russia)

Tuvinia^, Tannu Tuva

Last modified: 2005-05-07 by antónio martins
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• Presentation of Tuva
• Discription and meaning of the flag
• Tuvan Government flag law
• Incorrect design reported
• Coat of arms
• Historical Flags of Tuva

• Tuva in the Soviet Union, 1944-1992
• pre-Soviet Tuvan flags, 1921-1944
• Russia
• Russian subdivisions (list and clickable map)
• Siberia

• http://www.FOTuva.org and http://www.TuvaTrader.com,
  for Tuva oriented people.
• alt.culture.tuva USENET Tuva discussion group
• NEJV Tuva Page

Presentation of Tuva

(Note: You need an Unicode-aware software and font to correctely view the cyrillic text on this page. See here transliteration details).

• Name (english): Tuva • (russian, short form): Тувиния | Tuviniâ • (russian, long form): Республика Тыва | Respublika Tyva • (local, short form): Танну Тува | Tannu Tuva
  
• Local official language: Tuvian
  
• Capital: Кызыл | Kyzyl
• Area: 170 500 km² (≅65 800 sq.mi.) • Population: 311 200 inhabitants in 2000
• Status: Republic (Республика | Respublika) within the Russian Federation
• Federal District: Siberia • Economic region: East Siberia
• License plate code: 17 • Ham radio code: TU • ISO 3166-2 code: TY
• Flag adopted on 1992.09.17 • Coat of arms adopted on 1992.09.17

Tuva broke away from Mongolia in 1921, and retained its independence until incorporation into the USSR in 1944. In 1961, it became an ASSR. In 1992, a new flag of light blue, yellow and white was adopted.
Stuart Notholt, 25 Nov 1995

Tuva is currently an autonomous republic of Russia, but was previously independent. The area is near the border between Siberia and Mongolia, and is also claimed by China (I think that Taiwan even has a representative in their legislature for Tuva, or at least they used to).
Annie Platoff

Tuva borders Mongolia to the south and has a short border with