Brief history of the Republic of Tuva:

Brief history of the Republic of Tuva: (1/24/2002)

1207 Tuva was conquered by Gengis-Khan and came under the Yuan dynasty. The Mongol feudal system prevented the Tuvan culture from further development.
18th century Tuva was conquered by the Manchy Empire.
1914 Tuva became a Russian protectorate.
1921 The All Tuvan Gathering proclaimed the first sovereign Tighten Republic.
1920's Political oppression of the Soviet Union made its entry.
1944 The Tie National Republic made the decision to "voluntarily" join the Soviet Union. Tie became an autonomous province of the Russian Federation.
1961 The autonomous province received the status of Tuvan Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic.
1991 After the collapse of the Soviet Union the sovereign Republic Tuva within the Russian Federation was founded.
1996 Tuva became a member of United Nations.