Salchak Toka

Salchak Toka
Салчак Тока
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party
In office
6 March 1932 – 10 October 1944
Preceded byIrgit Shagdyrzhap
Succeeded byPosition renamed
First Secretary of the Tuvan Oblast Committee of the CPSU
In office
13 October 1944 – 10 October 1961
Preceded byPosition renamed
Succeeded byPosition renamed
First Secretary of the Tuvan Republican Committee of the CPSU
In office
11 October 1961 – 11 May 1973
Preceded byPosition renamed
Succeeded byGrigoriy Shirshin
Personal details
Born(1901-12-15)15 December 1901
Mergen Lamaiin Hiid, Outer Mongolia, Qing China
Died11 May 1973(1973-05-11) (aged 71)
Kyzyl, Tuvan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
CitizenshipQing dynasty Qing China
 Tuvan People's Republic
 Soviet Union
NationalityTuvan
Political partyCPSU (1944–1973)
Other political
affiliations
Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (1921–1944)
Spouse
(m. 1940)
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Salchak Kalbakkhorekovich Toka (Russian: Салчак Калбакхорекович Тока, 15 December [O.S. 2 December] 1901 – 11 May 1973) was a Tuvan and later, Soviet politician. He was General Secretary of the Tuvan department of the CPSU from 1944 to 1973; previously, he was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party and was the supreme ruler of the Tuvan People's Republic from 1932 until its annexation by the Soviet Union in 1944.[1]

  1. ^ Adle, Chahryar (1 January 2005). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Towards the contemporary period – From the mid-nineteenth to the end of the twentieth Century. UNESCO. p. 337. ISBN 9789231039850.

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