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Tuva Republic

British  
/ ˈtɜːvə, ˈtuːvə /

noun

  1. Former name: Tuvinian Autonomous Republic.  a constituent republic of S Russia: mountainous. Capital: Kizyl. Pop: 305 500 (2002). Area: 170 500 sq km (65 800 sq miles)

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He also shared a photo of a red Russian military card that gives the place of birth as Turan, in the Tuva Republic, which is close to Mongolia.

From BBC

The intelligence service said that when the prisoners were captured, one of the soldiers had a Russian military ID card issued in the name of another person with registration in the Tuva Republic.

From BBC

An outsider among Russia’s urban elite, Shoigu grew up in southern Siberia in the Tuva Republic, a remote and impoverished region on the border with Mongolia.

From Washington Post

A four-year-old girl who walked miles through the freezing Siberian wilderness to get help for her sick grandmother has been hailed as a hero in Russia’s Tuva republic, while a criminal case has been opened against her mother.

From The Guardian

Three-year-old Tserin Dopchut sparked a huge land and air search when he wandered into the woodland near in Khut, a village of around 400 people in the Piy-Khemsky district of the Tuva republic on Sept. 18.

From Time