Word: kizilkhoto
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Dates: during 1945-1945
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...magazines and books. The Tuvinians had lived mostly in bark tepees and felt yurts (tents); they followed their herds from pasture to pasture. The Bolsheviks collectivized the pastures, transformed the nomads into livestock farmers, built motor roads, distributed sewing machines, phonographs and radios, promoted cities like the Tuvinian capital, Kizilkhoto (I.e.,"Redtown,v pop. 10,000). The Bolsheviks put even Buddhist monks to work. They also introduced drugstores...
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