Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

The Tuvan ASSR ( Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) was an autonomous Soviet republic in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( RSFSR ) within the Soviet Union. It existed from 1961 until 1991.

She lay on the Mongolian border, and its capital was Kyzyl. The mountainous region is sparsely populated. In the east, there are many natural resources such as gold, cobalt, iron, and coal.

By 1912, the area belonged to China. From 1921, the Tuvan People's Republic was formally independent, but was under ever increasing Soviet influence. In October of 1944 the country has a " request for inclusion in the Soviet Union " and was incorporated as an autonomous territory of this. In 1961 Tuva Tuva ASSR was for. After the disintegration of the USSR Tuva declared its independence in November 1991, but then closed on 31 March 1992 a new federation agreement with the Russian Federation, which has since heard it as Tuva Republic.