Minaev, A.V. The legal bases of protection of the state border of the Tuva People’s Republic.

Abstract: The process of establighins the state border of the People’s Republic of Tuva, as presented in this article by A.V.Minaev, was a rather complicated historical process, influenced by a number of factors: political, economical, ethnographical, and geographical. The interests of two great states – Russia and China – were intertwined here, and one should not forget the Mongolia, which did not abandon its claims even after the TPR was formed.