Tubalars
Encyclopedia
The Tubalar are an ethnic group native to the Altai Republic
in Russia. According to the 2002 census
, there were 1565 Tubalars in Russia
.
The most dense population of Tubalars are in the villages of Artybash, Iogach, Novotroitsk
, Tuloi, Tondoshka, Kebezen, Ust-Pyzha, Biyka, Yailu, Chuyka, Torochak, Paspaul, Salganda, Karakoksha, Tunzha, Krasnoselskoye, Uskuch, Uimen, and Karasuk
.
The sacred tree of Tubalars is cedar
, a symbol of power, beauty, courage of taiga. The Holiday of Cedar is a celebration of that.
Altai Republic
Altai Republic is a federal subject of Russia . Its capital is the town of Gorno-Altaysk. The area of the republic is . Population: -Geography:...
in Russia. According to the 2002 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, there were 1565 Tubalars in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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The most dense population of Tubalars are in the villages of Artybash, Iogach, Novotroitsk
Novotroitsk
Novotroitsk is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of and along the Ural River, from Orenburg, on the border with Kazakhstan. In the east Novotroitsk almost borders Orsk: the distance between the two cities is less than...
, Tuloi, Tondoshka, Kebezen, Ust-Pyzha, Biyka, Yailu, Chuyka, Torochak, Paspaul, Salganda, Karakoksha, Tunzha, Krasnoselskoye, Uskuch, Uimen, and Karasuk
Karasuk
Karasuk may refer to:*Karasuk culture, a group of Bronze Age societies*Karasuk languages, a hypothetical language family linking the Yeniseian languages and Burushaski*Karasuk, Russia, name of several inhabited localities in Russia...
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The sacred tree of Tubalars is cedar
Siberian Pine
The Siberian Pine, Pinus sibirica, in the family Pinaceae is a species of pine tree that occurs in Siberia from 58°E in the Ural Mountains east to 126°E in the Stanovoy Range in southern Sakha Republic, and from Igarka at 68°N in the lower Yenisei valley, south to 45°N in central...
, a symbol of power, beauty, courage of taiga. The Holiday of Cedar is a celebration of that.
See also
- Altay languageAltay languageAltay is a language of the Turkic group of languages. It is an official language of Altai Republic, Russia. The language was called Oyrot prior to 1948. There were ca...
(Tuba dialect is often mentioned when speaking of the so called "dialects" of the Altay languageAltay languageAltay is a language of the Turkic group of languages. It is an official language of Altai Republic, Russia. The language was called Oyrot prior to 1948. There were ca...
, although close relatedness of the dialects and the "standard" Altay language is disputable)