By the early January, the expenditure of animal feeds was 1179 tons. 5027 tons are still available, which will allow the wintering to proceed without problems. By 10 February, representatives from reindeer-herding groups will be coming to the district center to participate in the annual holiday - festival of Todzha reindeer herders, as the zoo-technician of the farming administration, of Todzha, Oksana Lopsan announced.

One of the first depictions of this imperial animals on Tuvan territory was found by archeologists in the district of Upper Yenisei. An ancient artist engraved the drawing of a camel already in the first century before our era.

The camel - "teve" - is mentioned many times in Tuvan folk epics, where the animal is compared to the hero-warrior, whose nostrils spout smoke, and whose step shakes and crumbles mountains. There have always been camels in Tuva. Nevertheless, they remain, and probably will remain exotic even for Tuvan residents for many years to come.

Today, national artist of Russia and Tuva is holding a benefit concert. She is saying good-bye to the State ensemble "Sayany", with whom she worked for many years.

Apparently, love for folk song is inherited in mother's milk. The singer's mother, Opal Agban-Shyyrapovna, who is now 81 years old, won the Grand-Prix of festival-contest "Folk Song - 2011".

At the concert, they will together sing a song about their native places.

Alexander Vlasov considers himself a hereditary beekeeper. Already his mother had several bee hives,

-  But my parents' bees somehow all died at the same time, and they did not repeat the attempt. Remembering this sad experience, I supplied myself with the necessary literature, but there are no bee pharmacies or stores in Tuva, so I had to go to Abakan, - he relates.

The legendary ambulance soldier of the cavalry squadron, veteran of great Patriotic War, mother-heroine, a head of a large farming co-operative, Vera Chuldumovna Bailak has become a sheep herder-thousander No.1.  She received the certificate on May 9 at the 5-Years of Soviet Tuva Stadium from the head of Tuva, Sholban Kara-ool. Vera Bailak expressed holiday greetings to everybody, and wished them - "Support one another, and together solve today's problems in Tuva. Everybody should have a part in the development of the republic. The flowering of our native country depends on that."

Today was the last day of the International exhibition of  tourist and recreational services and airlines, "Tursib-2011, which took place in MVD "Sibirskaya Yarmarka" in Novosibirsk. Among the multitude of Russian and  international participants, the Tuvan presentation booth was visibly different in its exotic appearance, at the very least to visitors who are used to relax on sandy beaches of foreign countries. A traditional Tuvan yurt, with interior furnishings, masters of the yurt wearing national attire and a shaman with a drum presented an inimitable image of Tuva. People approached, examined the yurt with interest, took photographs.

Soon, throat-singers may be equal in their rights with ballet masters and opera singers.  On April 6 president of Russia Dmitri Medvedev confirmed the list of  directives after a meeting with  cultural workers on March 24, 2011. The document contains a significant point concerning Tuvan throat-singers. The ministry of health care and social development and the ministry of culture of Russian Federation were given the task to  review the matter of giving vocal artists - Tuvan throat-singers - the right to receive their pension early and to take appropriate measures. The deadline is 1 September 2011.

Mai-ool Mongush, a resident of Kyzyl, has started his business in 2009, when he received a grant of the chairman of the government of Tuva - 300 thousand rubles. Now the businessman is already making seven brand products -  sour milk beverage "Bozha",  national dish chokpek with various flavors, bozhazhyk - a Tuvan cottage cheese, kurut,  fast-cooking dalgan "Jachmenka",  and Tuvan cheese - byshtak.

He also has millet in production, which is one of  Tuvan favorites. They eat it with cream, and it can be soaked in milk tea, and a real Tuvan folk dish is ready. It is a family business

Regular regional flights from Novosibirsk to Novokuznetsk (Kemerovo region), Kyzyl(Tyva) and Abakan (Khakassia) will start in the summer of this year.

"One of our biggest directions which was developing successfully in 2010 is regional transport. we opened flights to Tomsk, Omsk and Gorno-Altaisk. We are planning to open flights to all the subjects of  Siberian Federal circle  by the end of  this year, or by the next spring of next year", announced the general director of Novosibirsk international airport Tolmachevo, Alexander Borodin, to the journalists on Monday.