Tuva Republic

/ ˈtɜːvə; ˈtuːvə /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

Sholban Kara-Ool, the head of the Tuva republic, announced that the boy had been found in the taiga about three kilometres south from the village of Khut.

From The Guardian

He had been playing with dogs under the supervision of his great-grandmother near his home in Khut, a village of around 400 people in the Piy-Khemsky district of the Tuva republic.

From The Guardian