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Tyva (republic) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 095 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 95.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Situated in basin of the Upper Yenisey River, the region was part of the Chinese Empire from 1757-1911 until tsarist Russia formed a separatist movement and took the region in 1914. Independence was declared in 1921, and the Republic was annexed to the Soviet Union in 1944. |
Names: |
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| Tyva (preferred,C,V,Russian)
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| Tyva, Respublika (C,V)
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| Respublika Tyva (C,V,O,Russian-P)
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| Tuva (C,V,Swedish)
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| Tuva (Finnish)
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| Tannu-Tuva (C,O)
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| RS79 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Tyva Republic (C,U,English-P)
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| Республика Тыва (C,U,Russian)
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| Тыва (C,U,Russian)
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| Republic of Tyva (C,U,English)
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| République de Touva (C,U,French)
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| Tuwa (C,U,German)
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| Тыва Республика (C,U,Tuvinian)
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| Республика Тува (C,U,Russian)
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| Тува (C,U,Russian)
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| Tannou Tuva (H,V)
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| Tannu Tuva (H,V)
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| Tuva ASSR (H,O)
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| Tuvian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (H,O)
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| Tuvinskaja Avtonomnaja Sovetskaja Socialisticeskaja Respublika (H,V)
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| Tuvinskaya ASSR (H,O)
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| Tuvinskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika (H,V)
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| Urianghai (H,V)
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| Uriankhai (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Tyva (republic) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| republic (preferred, C) |
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since 1961 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| oblast (H) |
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from 1944 until made a republic 1961 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Tuvian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.......... |
[VP] |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 74 |
| Tuvinskaja Avtonomnaja Sovetskaja Socialisticeskaja Respublika.......... |
[VP] |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-181 |
| Tuvinskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika.......... |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1488873 |
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NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 27 September 2007 |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3022957-3022957 |
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