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determine how many khures there were in Tuva in the late 1920s and to identify as
closely as possible where they were. Judgments will be made about the inclusion of
the khure known only through Oral interviews i.e. for which there is no documentary
evidence. The researchers will then embark on collecting data on the six parameters
for each khure using the agreed registration form.
The preference of the lead researcher in Tuva was to visit all the known sites of
historical khures in Tuva to ensure accurate recording of the location and to search
for information about the khure from local people. She believes this would prove
fruitful in terms of identifying exactly where a khure had once stood. It seems that
some traces do remain on some sites. For example, one of the Tuvan research team
told the author that he had seen the remains of some wooden support columns on the
site of the monastery Ein Sug Öwgön khure (Rus. 9u Cyr (Oren) Xype) in Todzhu,
a region in north-east Tuva.
When one of the authors visited Tuva in May 2019 she presented the project to
the director and scholars in the Tuvan Institute for Humanities and Applied Social
and Economic Studies (TIHASES). This generated considerable enthusiasm for the
project, which has now been approved as a state task by the Government of Tuva
and is a component in the official 2020 TIHASES work plan. This includes funds to
allow visits to all the known sites of historical khure.
Archive photographs for 9 historical Tuvan khures have been sourced to date
including images from collections in the National Archives of Mongolia, from the
Carruthers and Price collections in the Royal Geographical Society in London,” and
from the Sweden / Finland 1917 year Geological expedition.”
The preliminary list of sources for Tuva™ is merely a starting point for the project;
it includes the works of different researchers of Buddhist Tuvinian subjects, archival
materials of the State Archive of the Republic of Tyva, National Archives of Mon¬
2 ADC. The Carruthers Collection 1904, Royal Geographical Society, RGS Picture Library Reference
Numbers X0734/024656-X0738/024842.
https://www.sjundby. fi/sve/urjanhajexpeditionen_1917/.
See for example, Cepeuort, C. K.: Cappir IIa>KbIHbI XYP99JIePHHHH TyIyT ypaH uyy/IY, KaacraJIraJIapbI
Goxram saMa OalIKbWIapHbIH HAHK-XEBH, IT-Xepekcenn. Kyzyl 2016(a); Cepenot, C. K.: TriBa
Xypo9ouIepHHH Sora mama ÖallKbITaAPHBIH TOOTy3y (TOOTy MaTepuannapbl, CAKTBIbIIIKBIHHAP).
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m6o02y3y mooey mamepuandapoı, cakmorviukeınnapee. Second edition. Kyzyl 2016(b); Mouryuı, M.
B.: Ucmopua 6yddu3ma 6 Tyee (emopas nonosuna VI — Koney XX 6.). Hayka, HoBocnönpck 2001;
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Hcmopua 6y0dusma 6 Tyse (emopas nonosuna VI— koney XX 6.). Hayka, HoBocuGnpcx 2001; Moxryin,
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