- Tuva Republic
- geographical name autonomous republic S Russia in Asia N of Mongolia capital Kyzyl area 65,380 square miles (169,334 square kilometers), population 306,000
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Tuva Republic
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Tuva, Republic of — / Tyva An ethnic republic of the Russian Federation. Located at the geographic center of the Asian continent, Tuva shares an international frontier with Mongolia and internal borders with the Altay Republic, Khakasiya, Krasnoyarsk Krai,… … Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation
Tuva Depression — ( ru. Тувинская котловина) is located among mountains of South Central Siberia mdash; Tannu Ola Mountains, Eastern Sayans and Western Sayans, and the Altay Mountains region, part of a combination of raised lands and depressions. [cite web… … Wikipedia
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Tuva — /tooh veuh/, n., pl. Tuvas, (esp. collectively) Tuva for 1. 1. a member of a people living in the Tuva AR and adjacent areas. 2. the Turkic language of the Tuva people. Also, Tuvinian /tooh vin ee euhn/. * * * ▪ republic, Russia also called Tyva … Universalium
Tuva or Bust! — (1991) is a book by Ralph Leighton about the author and his friend Richard Feynman s attempt to travel to Tuva. The introduction explains how Feynman challenged Leighton, at the time a high school geography teacher, Whatever happened to Tannu… … Wikipedia
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Tuva Autonomous Republic — /tooh veuh/ an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Asia: formerly an independent republic in Mongolia. 309,000; 65,810 sq. mi. (170,500 sq. km). Cap.: Kyzyl. Also, Tuvinian Autonomous Republic. Formerly, Tannu Tuva People s Republic … Universalium
Tuva Autonomous Republic — /tooh veuh/ an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Asia: formerly an independent republic in Mongolia. 309,000; 65,810 sq. mi. (170,500 sq. km). Cap.: Kyzyl. Also, Tuvinian Autonomous Republic. Formerly, Tannu Tuva People s Republic … Useful english dictionary
Tuva — Established in 1921 in the wake of the regional victory of the Red Army, the Tuvan People’s Republic (occasionally referred to as Tannu Tuva) was formed out of the respective territorial claims of Mongolia, China and Tsarist Russia, becoming… … Historical dictionary of Marxism
Tuva — /ˈtuvə/ (say toohvuh) noun a federal republic in southern Russia; formerly the Tuva Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in Russia within the Soviet Union. 170 500 km2. Capital: Kyzyl. Russian, Tyva. Also, Tuvinia …
