Sevyan Vainstein, well-known Russian ethnographer, a connoisseur of Tuva, author of 200 monographs and scientific articles, is celebrating today his 79th birthday. Presentation of his new book 'Mysterious Tuva: Expeditions to the heart of Asia' issued in Germany by Alouette Verlag,will be presented today at the Institute of Ethnography and Anthropology with participation of Juergen Boden, director of the Alouette Editorial House. The book acquaints a reader with the mysterious place called Tuva through the eyes of a curious observer who devoted to the republic in the very heart of Asia 50 years of his life. The edition is supplied with the DVD-disc of photos and video filmed by Leonid Kruglov.