If you click 'Tuva' in any search systems the first site to prop up will be 'Friends of Tuva'. Today it is the main source of information about a less known and thus more enigmatic republic in the very heart of Asia. The popular site takes its beginning from a mailing list of Tuva's fans, the first and most devoted of which were Richard Feynman and Ralph Leighton.
With the upcoming 'Friends of Tuva' 25th anniversary here is an essay by Ralph Leighton on how it all started:
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