On 15 June, Photo-expedition "Trans-Sayany", organized by national photo-archive "Feofoto" (Leaders of the expedition: Mikhail Genis, Vadim Shtrik; scientific consultant Anastasia Veshchikova), is arriving to the Alygdzher village( Tofalar municipal unit, Nizhneudinsk district, Irkutsk region).

Alygdzher is the largest of three main settlements of Tofalaria, originating at the confluence of two rivers - Uda and Kara-Buren, in the location of former Cossack border garrison (according to Burinsk Treaty of 1727, the border between China and Russia stretched along the Udinsk mountain ridge).

In Moscow,  the "Mosfilm" studio filmed Vladimir Martynov's ethno-mythological suite "Children of the Otter" on Velimir Khlebnikov's theme. Prominent collectives took part in the project - Perm Choir "Mlada",  internationally famous ensemble of Tuvan throat singing "Huun-Huur-Tu", and Moscow string ensemble "Opus posth".

The recording of the concert version of this "Made in Perm" project was done in the course of four days in Moscow's largest and most impressive studio. The first premiere took place in perm, two years ago. That is when the collectives started  their joint project. The current recording should be released in October 2011.

In Kazan, International festival of theatre art of Turkic people "Nauruz" just closed. Tuva was represented there by  V. Kok-ool Theater of music and drama with the play "Kultegin".

Tuvan actors presented their work on the stage of K. Tinchurin Tatar theatre of comedy and drama last Thursday evening. The hall was packed. The show went on in one breath. The actors' performance held the audience's attention from the first to the last minute of the production. The festival's experts, in judging the play, especially noted the expressive acting of Oleg Sat and Stanislav Iril, and the feminine acting of actress Aizana Chylbak-ool. The director-producer of the play Alexei Oorzhak played  the role of Alp Eletmish.

Merited artist of Tuva and Yakutia Eduard Ondar came back from filming in Kazakhstan literally for only a few days. On Wednesday, 25 May, he played in the "Kultegin" play on his native stage, and today at noon  he is already leaving for Kazan with the group involved in this production, to take part in the 10^th International Theatre festival of Turkic people. And already on 4 June, Eduard will be leaving the Tatar capital for Alma-Ata (Almaty).

In all this activity, he managed to make time for this interview, and came to the journal's office. And with him he brought a recording of a small trailer, a fragment of material filmed in Kazakhstan. He made an exception for "Tuvinskaya Pravda", and decided to publish photos from the filming in the journal . Which we are doing with gratitude.

An internet web site for the youngest readers of Russia, the first literature site in Tuva for children opened on the eve of  Children's Day. Tuvan folk tales, proverbs and sayings, the best novels, stories and verse for children, which were at various times created for children by Tuvan writers and translated into Russian are presented on the portal.  "Raduga Tuvy" (Tuvan Rainbow) is one of the first stages of social project "Tuva chitayushchaya" (Reading Tuva).

The opening of 10^th International  theatre festival of  Turkic people "Nauruz" will take place on 30 May on the square in front of G. Kamal Tatar State  Academic Theatre. This was announced by the director of the opening ceremony, merited artist of RT Radik Bariev. "This year we decided to hold a large scale performance and we thought that it should be done on the square. Of course, the organization of the ceremony in a building would be more convenient for us, but then only the guests of "Nauruz" could participate. And, after all, we are holding the festival  for the people of our republic," - said Radik Bariev.

Tuva has an extremely rich historical heritage, which attracts tourists from the whole world, but some of archeological discoveries on Tuvan territory  "literally overturned history". This is what the chairman of the government of Republic Tyva Sholban Kara-ool explained at a press-conference at ITAR-TASS, answering questions from journalists. He presented data from research, according to which "three thousand years ago, on the territory of today's Tuva, there was a very high, and very technologically developed Scythian civilization. In 2001, 40 km from our capital Kyzyl, in Arzhaan, which became famous throughout the world as the Valley of Tsars,  a joint Russian-German expedition discovered a burial of Scythian nobles, with artifacts dating to 8^th-7^th centuries before our era.

During the 10^th International Festival of Turkic People "Nauruz", Kazan will listen to throat-singing. Artists from the state V. Kok-ool music and drama theatre will be participating in the festival.

Tuva will be also represented in Tatarstan by folklore trio "ShaaLaash" (Oktyabr Saaya, Stanislav Iril, Saidash Mongush).  They owe their unusual name to a healing spring in Tuva. The throat-singer ensemble will be in Kazan from  29 May and will perform in the opening and closing ceremonies of "Nauruz".

On 2 - 6 June, Kyzyl will host the next interregional festival "Musical Summer in Tuva". Composers and performers from Moscow, Tatarstan, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Khakassia as well as from Belorussia and Siberian cities will  participate. The Chairman of the Union of Composers of Russia, Vladislav Igorevich Kazenin, a man who brought significant contribution to the development of musical art in Tuva will be the honored guest. It was precisely Kazenin who stood at the sources of founding the Union of Composers of Tuva.

Collective of State Unitary Enterprise (GUP) "Mogen-Buren" of  Mongun-Taiga kozhuun  won the Grand Prix of  a song and dance festival "Nomads of the North-2011", which took place during and expo-fair "Treasures of the North 2011" on 27 April - 1 May at Pan-Russia expo center in Moscow. And that is not  the only prize that the Tuvan delegation won at this forum of the best creative work of the minority indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East. Tuva was represented by residents of two districts: Mongun-Taiga ( GUP "Mogen-Buren", leader Oshku-Saar Oorzhak) and Todzha (association "Tos-Chadyr", leader Svetlana Demkina).