Uryankhay Krai

Uryankhay Krai Урянхайский край (Russian) Таңды Урянхай (Tuvan)
1914–1921
Flag
Blue line is the Uryankhay Krai's border. Red line is the Tuvan Autonomous Oblast border.
Status	Protectorate of Russia
Capital	Belotsarsk
Common languages	Tuvan Russian Chinese
Demonym(s)	Tuvan
Government	Republic
Amban Noyan
• 1914–1915	Oyun Ölzey-Ochur oglu Kombu-Dorzhu
• 1915–1916	Irgit Agbaan-Demchi
• 1916–1921	Oyun Kombu-Dorzhu oglu Sodunam-Balchyr
Historical era	World War I, Russian Civil War
• Established	17 April 1914
• Became the People's Republic of Tannu Tuva	14 August 1921
Population
• 1914	73,000
Preceded by Succeeded by Uryankhay Republic Chinese occupation of Outer Mongolia Chinese occupation of Outer Mongolia Tannu-Tuva People's Republic
Today part of	Russia

Uryankhay Krai^[a] was the name of what is today Tuva and was a short-lived protectorate of the Russian Empire that was proclaimed on 17 April 1914, created from the Uryankhay Republic which had recently proclaimed its independence from the Qing dynasty of China in the Mongolian Revolution of 1911.^[1][2][3] After the February Revolution and abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, Uryankhay Krai recognized the new Russian Republic and reaffirmed its status as a Russian protectorate in 1917.^[1][2]

During the Russian Civil War, the country was occupied by China and Russian "Whites" between 1918 and 1921. Supported by the Red Army, the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party established the Soviet puppet state of the Tuvan People's Republic (initially Tannu Tuva) on 14 August 1921.^[1][2]

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