11 October - The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union on 1944

 

The Tuvan People's Republic, a small Central Asian state located in what is now the Tuva Republic of Russia, was annexed by the Soviet Union on October 11, 1944. This annexation marked the end of Tuva's brief period of independence and its incorporation into the Soviet Union as an autonomous oblast (administrative region) within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR).

Tuva's status had been complex in the years leading up to the annexation. It had been part of the Qing Dynasty's territory, then part of Mongolia, and later an independent state known as the Tuvan People's Republic from 1921 to 1944. However, the Soviet Union had significant influence in the region, and in 1944, Soviet forces entered Tuva and officially incorporated it into the Soviet Union.

The annexation was part of the broader territorial changes and realignments that occurred during and after World War II in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, as the Soviet Union sought to solidify its control over neighboring regions. Tuva remained part of the Soviet Union until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, after which it became the Tuva Republic within the Russian Federation.