Native Name: | |
Common Name: | Tuva |
Conventional Long Name: | Tuvan Autonomous Oblast |
Subdivision: | Autonomous oblast |
Nation: | the Russian SFSR |
Event Start: | Annexation |
Year Start: | 1944 |
Event End: | Disestablished |
Year End: | 1961 |
P1: | Tuvan People's Republic |
Flag P1: | Flag of the Tuvan People's Republic (1943-1944).svg |
Flag: | Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
S1: | Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic |
Flag S1: | Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1954–1991).svg |
Anthem: | The Forest is Full of Pine Nuts |
Image Map Caption: | Comparison of the borders of the Tuva Autonomous Oblast (red) and "Uriankhay (1914)" (blue). |
Capital: | Kyzyl |
Flag Type: | Flag (1954–1961) |
Demonym: | Tuvan |
The Tuvan Autonomous Oblast was an autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union, created on 11 October 1944 following the annexation of the Tuvan People's Republic by the Soviet Union.[1] On 10 October 1961, it was transformed into the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Tuvan ASSR).[2] On 31 March 1992, its successor, the Tuva Republic, became a constituent member of the Russian Federation.