Novye Issledovaniâ Tuvy (Jun 2019)
A project of Uriankhai-Tuva encyclopedia
Abstract
Review of: Slovnik «Uriankhaisko-tuvinskoi entsiklopedii» [Glossary of the Uriankhai-Tuva Encyclopedia] (2019). TROO «Mir tuvintsev». Kyzyl, 2019. 388 p. (In Russ.). The review provides information on the history of the project, the support it received from the Presidential foundation, and the presentation of the book on March 1, 2019, held with support of the government of the republic. The book is an significant contribution into the fields of research and popularization. Also provided are the general characteristic of the encyclopedia project. Tuvan intelligentsia put high hopes on the project. The publication of the glossary has made it possible to ask a number of questions on its structure and to point at mistakes and shortcomings which must be corrected before the encyclopedia goes into print.
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