Khakassia, Altai and Tuva: Tribal Movement, Ethnosymbolism and National-Social Movements in the Turkic Republics of Southern Siberia
There are so many republics in the Russian Federation that the average (and extraordinary) observer gets lost. While Bashkir activists constantly create infomercials, and Ichkerians and Erzya fight on the […]
Chinese view on the rejection of Tyva
As a result of two “referendums” (in Mongolia and Tyva) organized by Russia, China lost a territory of 2 million square meters. km. Tannu-Uriankhai, with an area of 240 thousand […]
Dankhayaa Khovalyg: about Tyva, activism, haters and the culture of Asians in Russia
In this interview, Danhayaa Hovalyg, decolonial activist and author of The Republic Speaks podcast, shares her thoughts and experiences on a variety of topics. She talks about her path to […]
National republics – colonial appendages of Russia, – writer from Tyva Dankhaya Khovalyg
“We are being made the face of war. In order to say later: it was not the Russians who killed the Ukrainians, but the Russians and Ukrainians were brothers.” Dankhaya […]




