Show little known state stale incorporated into soviet A little known country listed as fannu tuva on the map and situated in the geographic heart of asia has formally or mally become a part of the sprawling U S S R and incidentally has taken its fourth name previously knoop as fannu tuva or the lan peoples republic tt it has become the autonomous region of U S as S it bounded on the west north and northeast by asiatic territories of russia and on the south and southeast by outer mongolia it 1 I Is now orle of it 11 autonomous regions included in inthe the union of soviet socialist Ile republics publics E earliest mention of fannu tuva Is 8 found oun in n chinese nose manusar manuscripts to of the thel seventh century AD A D w where ore it preferred to as tuva conquered ln in 1207 by Gli engla khan the ancient chent state became a part of outer mongolia and was known as arlan khal until 1911 in that year dul during duling ing tho the mongolian uprising against china Urian khal was claimed by russia which maintained a protectorate over it until 1014 1914 when it once again fell into Chine chinese ha hands danils nils in 1028 1026 Urian khAl was proclaimed 0 an independent republic under the name of fannu tuva the tha country countr yli Is about the size of 01 nevada its terrain says tho the na lonal geographic society present p resen to n variety of tangled jungle luxuriant meadows forests mountains and barren steppes in the south tho the fannu ola mountains form it ft natural boundary between outer mongolia and fannu tuva spreading miles east to west the mountains area are a series of gradual slopes and flat topped summits whose high estOle to is feet |