TUVA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN GEOSTRATEGY OF RUSSIA IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE 20 <sup>TH</sup> CENTURY
The article considers the Central Asian Region in the context of geopolitical shifts in the quarter of 20 th century. It analyzes the complex of factors that determine the evolution of the status of Tuva in the context of the international situation. At the beginning of the century Tuva was the province of the Qing Empire; as a result of the collapse of the Empire, after a short period of searches - under the protection of Russia; after the collapse of the Russian Empire - the process of self-determination was completed with the declaration of sovereignty of the Tuvan People's Republic, and by the end of the Second World War Tuva was merged in the Soviet Union an autonomous region of the RSFSR.