Partially-recognized socialist republic in the former Uriankhai Krai northwest of Mongolia; recognized only by the USSR (1924) and Mongolia (1926) during its existence.
Voted to join the Soviet Union in October 1944 and was absorbed as the Tuvan Autonomous Oblast within the Russian SFSR.
Recounts the Tuvan People's Republic's unusual 20th-century history and its recognition only by the USSR and Mongolia, framed through a decade-long quest to visit it. No dedicated academic monograph on the TPR was found verified on Open Library after several search attempts.