World star in Tuvan khoomei, ambassador of Tuvan culture Kongar-ool Ondar died in hospital Thuesday, 25^th of July. He was taken to hospital on the eve with a very high blood pressure. ‘He never paid attention to his health, never complained of headaches or heart pain he was often suffering from’, - sais Nachyn Shalyk, deputy director of the Center for the development of Tuvan traditional culture which was initiated and constructed by Kongar-ool Ondar. ‘It is a tremendous loss for all Tuva, - Tuvan head Sholban Kara-ool said in a special message to people.- We would feel it more and more with every passing day’

The monument, which is being erected on Dogee Mountain in the predominantly Buddhist republic’s capital of Kyzyl, will be comprised of Buddha sitting on a throne.

Russian information agencies a few days ago disseminated the news about a British farmer who produces Tuvan araga. It is said that James Bond himself tasted it. Details below.

Dairy farmer Jason Barber from Seaborough Manor told the "Dorset" journal in September, how he makes cheese and magnificent vodka that gained recognition in the country.

Vyacheslav Ondar. Titanium prosthesis.

Precisely titanium, for the first time in the world practice, was used to cast a monument in Moscow, dedicated to the first cosmonaut on Earth, Yuri Gagarin.

While in Europe there is a fulminant scandal with horsemeat, which was discovered in many popular meat products, Russian livestock breeders are concerned with a more serious problem. Here everybody is more and more willing to eat horsemeat. The question is: how to supply the population with quality domestic product.

Center for development of traditional Tuvan culture and crafts opened its doors on 2 March of last year. In honor of its first anniversary, director of the Center, Kongar-ool Ondar, gave the first press-conference to representatives of mass communication media of Tuva. The interest in this conference is evidenced by the fat that journalists came to Kyzyl from Pii-Khem, Ovyur, and even from Mongun-Taiga.

on March, 17, Tuva celebrated a bright and cheerful holiday to say good-bye to winter - Maslenitsa. Cheerful celebration, songs with balalaika, folk games - all this went on at the main square of the capital. When the children played at "Little stream" and "Old felt boot", the adults competed with Maslenitsa stilts and played :Gorodki". There was no avoiding those who wanted to take part.