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1921 1944 |
The Soviets allowed Tuva to call itself independent as the Tuvan People’s Republic. Tannu Tuva stamps were issued by Moscow in odds shapes and they became collector's items. Links: Russia, Postage, USSR, Tuva 
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1944 |
The Soviet Union annexed Tuva and closed the region to the outside world. Links: Russia, USSR, Tuva
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The Russian Republic of Tuva is noted for its considerable natural resources of gold, mercury, lead-zinc, nickel-cobalt, and coal reserves. There are also 8000 rivers and streams for potential hydro-electric power. Links: Russia, Tuva
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1995 |
The American club Friends of Tuva helped to take Paul Pena, a blind blues musician and self-taught throat-singer, to Tuva for a singing contest. The trip was later chronicled in the 1999 film, Genghis Blues. Links: Russia, USA, Blues, Tuva
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1999 |
The film "Genghis Blues" premiered at Sundance. It won the audience award for best documentary. It was directed by Roko and Adrian Belic and was about Paul Pena (1950-1955), a blind bluesman, who journeys to Tuva to compete in a throat-singing competition. Links: Blues, Film, Tuva
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1999 |
The film "Genghis Blues" premiered at Sundance. It won the audience award for best documentary. It was directed by Roko and Adrian Belic and was about Paul Pena (1950-2005), a blind bluesman, who journeyed to Tuva in 1995 to compete in a throat-singing competition. Links: Russia, USA, Blues, Tuva
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2005 Oct 1 |
Paul Pena (b.1950), a blind bluesman, died in SF. The 1999 film "Genghis Blues" won the audience award at Sundance for best documentary. It was directed by Roko and Adrian Belic and was about Paul Pena (1950-1955), a blind bluesman, who journeyed to Tuva to compete in a throat-singing competition. Links: Blues, Film, Tuva
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2006 |
Theodore Levin authored “Where Rivers and Mountains Sing,” a look at the music of Tuva and how throat-singing has infiltrated popular culture around the world. Links: USA, Pop&Rock, Tuva
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