The General Subeedei (Subotai in Western sources) of Genghis khaan who devasted Europe including Russia was uriankhai (tuvan) as well. Uriankhais used to be very brave and heroic people. I really do not know situations in Tuva now. ...
This is a scenario not even Richard Feynman could have imagined when he helped to obtain Friends of Tuva. Thanks to this group's trouble to bring Tuvan throat singers to San Francisco, Paul Pena was able to realize a dream that lifted ...
Our conversation was 'off the record', to borrow the terminology of the fourth estate, and was primarily about the revival and development of Buddhism in Kalmykia. I won't bore you with the details, though there are a couple of points ...