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The Tuvans or Tyvans are a Turkic ethnic group indigenous to Siberia that live in Tuva, Mongolia, and China. They speak the Tuvan language, a Siberian Turkic language. In Mongolia, they are regarded a
Tuvans in Russia
Tuvan shaman, c. 1900
Tuvan on a horse
Ethnic Tuvans in 2017
Tuva
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Tuva or Tyva, officially the Republic of Tyva, is a republic of Russia. Tuva lies at the geographical center of Asia, in southern Siberia. The republic borders the federal subjects of the Altai Republ
Tuvans
…The Tuvans (from Russian тувинцы tuvincy) or Tyvans (from Tuvan тывалар tyvalar) are a Turkic ethnic group indigenous to Siberia that live in Tuva, Mongolia, and China. They speak the Tuvan language, a Siberian Turkic language. In Mongolia, they are regarded as one of the Uriankhai peoples. In…
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tuva in 2007
The geographic "center of Asia", 2015
Azas Lake
Mountains of Tuva