Uryankhay Krai

Uryankhay Krai
Урянхайский край (Russian)
Таңды Урянхай (Tuvan)
1914–1921
Blue line is the Uryankhay Krai's border.
Red line is the Tuvan Autonomous Oblast border.
StatusProtectorate of Russia
CapitalBelotsarsk
Common languagesTuvan
Russian
Chinese
Demonym(s)Tuvan
GovernmentRepublic
Amban Noyan 
• 1914–1915
Oyun Ölzey-Ochur oglu Kombu-Dorzhu
• 1915–1916
Irgit Agbaan-Demchi
• 1916–1921
Oyun Kombu-Dorzhu oglu Sodunam-Balchyr
Historical eraWorld War I, Russian Civil War
• Established
17 April 1914
14 August 1921
Population
• 1914
73,000
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Uryankhay Republic
Chinese occupation of Outer Mongolia
Chinese occupation of Outer Mongolia
Tannu-Tuva People's Republic
Today part ofRussia

Uryankhay Krai[a] was the name of what is today Tuva and was a short-lived protectorate of the Russian Empire that was proclaimed on 17 April 1914, created from the Uryankhay Republic which had recently proclaimed its independence from the Qing dynasty of China in the Mongolian Revolution of 1911.[1][2][3] After the February Revolution and abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, Uryankhay Krai recognized the new Russian Republic and reaffirmed its status as a Russian protectorate in 1917.[1][2]

During the Russian Civil War, the country was occupied by China and Russian "Whites" between 1918 and 1921. Supported by the Red Army, the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party established the Soviet puppet state of the Tuvan People's Republic (initially Tannu Tuva) on 14 August 1921.[1][2]


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  1. ^ a b c "RossTuva | ТЫВА Tuva". hubert-herald.nl. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  2. ^ a b c Cahoon, Ben. "Tannu Tuva". worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  3. ^ Урянхайский край // «Историческая энциклопедия Сибири» (2009) [Uryankhayskiy Krai // "Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia" 2009]. irkipedia.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-11-07.

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