Tofalariya
Тофалария
Cultural region
Landscape of the region at the Uda Valley.
Landscape of the region at the Uda Valley.
Tofalariya is located in Far Eastern Federal District
Tofalariya
Tofalariya
Location in the Far Eastern Federal District, Russia
Coordinates: 53°50′N 98°15′E / 53.833°N 98.250°E / 53.833; 98.250
CountryRussian Federation
Federal subjectIrkutsk Oblast
DistrictNizhneudinsky District
Area
 • Total21,400 km2 (8,300 sq mi)
Elevation
918 m (3,012 ft)
Population
 • Total762
 • Density0.036/km2 (0.092/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8

Tofalariya (Russian: Тофалария) is a small cultural and historical region in Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation. It is located in the southwestern part of Nizhneudinsky District.[1]

The main town is Alygdzher, with a population of 526 inhabitants. Tofalariya is located in the Eastern Sayan mountains. The main river is the Uda.[2]

History

In 1939, at the time of the USSR, Tofalariya was part of the Tofalar National Region, a Soviet administrative division with a total surface of 29,000 km2 (11,000 sq mi) which was disbanded in 1950.[3][4] The indigenous people of this little mountainous region are the Tofalar, a much reduced, formerly nomadic people group speaking the Tofa language.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Google Earth
  2. ↑ "Топографска карта N-47, G; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  3. ↑ РСФСР. Административно-территориальное деление. — 3. — М.: Информационно-статистический отдел при секретариате Президиума ВС РСФСР, 1945. — С. 136—139. — 504 с. — 15 000 экз
  4. ↑ Административно-территориальное деление Союза ССР. — М.: Власть Советов, 1931. — p. 172
  5. ↑ Akiner, Shirin (1986). Islamic Peoples of the Soviet Union (with an appendix on the non-Muslim Turkic peoples of the Soviet Union). London: Routledge. pp. 428–431. ISBN 0-7103-0025-5.
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