| Name: | Tuva (Tuva People's Republic) |
| Local name (Tuvin): | Túva (Túva Arat Respublika) |
| Bordering countries: | Soviet Union, Mongolia |
| Status: | sovereign state in 1921-1944 |
| Modern status: | autonomous republic of Russian Federation |
| Surface: | 170.5 ths. sq. km |
| Population (1940th): | around 100 ths. |
| Capital: | Kyzyl (Kúzúl) |
| Official language: | Tuvin |