The Days of Tuva in Krasnoyarsk started off on May14, 2009, by the signature of Agreement of Co-operation between the business organization of Siberia “Siberia without borders” and the Union of Businessmen of Tuva.

The document, anticipating mutual interactions between the business communities of Tuva and Krasnoyarsk region, was signed by Eres Chuldum and Valerii Malanin.

The forgotten ally of USSR in Second World War

It seems that there are no more “white spots” left in the history of WWII. However, some pages of the history seem to have been more of less forgotten. The part of Tuvan National Republic as an ally of the USSR has been almost completely left out. Even though the help from Mongolia has been described in detail, there was practically no mention of Tuva.

The Days of Tuva in Krasnoyarsk region will open on May 15.

In the morning, meetings between the leadership of Tuva and the students and aspirants of Siberian federal university will take place. Then the Agreement of co-operation between the two neighboring regions will be signed in the building of the Administration.

One of the exhibitions presented will include photographs of Old Tuva from the early years of the last century, which were taken by a native of Krasnoyarsk region, who later became the first photographer of Tuva, and the first director of the Tuvan museum, Vladimir Yermolaev.

The deputy of the Chairman of the government of Khakassia, Abrek Cheltygmashev, shared the results and his impressions of the visit to Tuva with Khakass press

at a press-conference.

He told the reporters that 6,000 sheep will be purchased in Tuva. Orders are already coming in from various areas of Khakassia. A project of co-operation with Mongolia is being evaluated, which would involve an establishment of a quarantine point in Tuva for sheep brought over from the neighboring country.

Nine million of fish larvae o will be released by the workers of “Khakasrybvod” (khakass fish breeding facility) into water reservoirs of Krasnoyarsk region and Tuva. As the employees of this firm informed the correspondents of IA Khakassia, currently the ichthyologists are involved in releasing fish into the Krasnoyarsk water reservoir and into lake Chagytai in Tuva.

Tuva, the republic in the center of Asia, celebrated its Day of the Constitution together with its neighbors. On May 6, an official delegation from Khakassia, headed by the Chairman of the Government, Viktor Zimin, arrived in Kyzyl. Together with the members of the government, a large contingent of Khakass businessmen also arrived as members of the delegation, on the new morning Abakan-Kyzyl flight.

The famous rock-musician Albert Kuvezhin of the legendary group Yat-Kha, the only group in Russia which won a Grand-Prix in the annual international competition BBC Radio 3 Awards in World Music in 2002, received the title “Merited Artist of Republic Tuva”. The government award was given to the remarkable rocker at his concert in Kyzyl by the head of the republic, Sholban Kara-ool.

One of the most interesting chamber concerts last week in Krasnoyarsk was a performance by the group “Alash” together with the khoomeizhi Radik Tyulyush.

The Tuvan musicians gave two concerts in the tearoom “Yurta”.

This small place became a special type of venue in the concert life in this city. During the day, “Yurta” functions as a tearoom, where one can sample many exotic Siberian teas, and also to participate in tea ceremonies of many different nations.

The seven-year-old boy, who is in the thoughts of all Tuva, came back to the republic. His mother Anisya Kiim-oolovna Mongush informed us that he is already back in Chadan and is in good spirits. He talks all the time without stopping, regardless of the fact that his speech is unclear. The Tuvan students who met him in Moscow at the Vnukovo airport also said that. They spent about 2 hours with him. “We were surprised by his energy. He told us everything about his illness, and many other interesting things,” said a member of the Moscow Tuvan association, Aziata Darzhaa.

The children’s choreographic ensemble “Alantos” (leader Raisa Stal-ool) celebrated the 15^th anniversary of its founding by a jubilee concert. Today, it is not necessary to translate its beautiful name even beyond the borders of this country. Alantos is a species of lily that blooms on the Azas lake in unknown and beautiful Tuva. And its beauty, grace and fragility has been expressed for years by young ballerinas from children’s choreographic school of Kyzyl.