Tannu Tuva

proper noun

A partially recognized Marxist-Leninist people's republic northwest of Mongolia that existed between 1921 and 1944; roughly coterminous with modern Tuva; official names Tannu Tuva People's Republic (1921–1926) and Tuvan People's Republic (1926–1944).

OriginRussian Танну́-Тува́ →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Tannu-Tuva

  1. historicalA partially recognized Marxist-Leninist people's republic northwest of Mongolia that existed between 1921 and 1944; roughly coterminous with modern Tuva; official names Tannu Tuva People's Republic (1921–1926) and Tuvan People's Republic (1926–1944).

    As related above, when Soviet Russia went to war with Germany in June 1941 the puppet regime in Tannu Tuva immediately declared war against Germany. Not long afterward Tannu Tuva was annexed to form part of the Soviet territory. By August 1945 Moscow applied the same formula to Outer Mongolia.

    1957, Chiang Chung-cheng (Kai-shek), Soviet Russia in China: A Summing-up at Seventy, New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 144

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
tuva

Origin

  1. RussianТанну́-Тува́
  2. EnglishTannu Tuva

From Russian Танну́-Тува́ (Tannú-Tuvá).

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APA

Tannu Tuva. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tannu%20Tuva

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“Tannu Tuva.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tannu%20Tuva. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tannu Tuva,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tannu%20Tuva.

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