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Tuvans

ethnic group native to western Mongolia and southern Russia
Intangible ethnic_group Q193067
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Summary

Tuvans is an ethnic group[1]. Tuvans ranks in the top 5% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,733 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Native language: Tuvan[3], Russian[4], Mongolian[5]
  • Religion or worldview: Buddhism[6], shamanism[7], religious syncretism[8], Eastern Orthodoxy[9]
  • Country: Russia[10], Mongolia[11], People's Republic of China[12]
  • Subclass of: Turkic peoples[13]
  • Part of: Turkic peoples[14]
  • Commons category: Tuvan people[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tuvan people[16]
  • Population: 295,384[17]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[18], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19]

Why It Matters

Tuvans has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Tuvans is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Mongolia People's Republic of China Russia Sergei Shoigu

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM258231
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  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Turkic peoples
    Subclass of → Turkic peoples
    Instance of → —
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    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ Yso id: 28283, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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