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Galsan Tschinag

Galsan Tschinag, whose Tuvan name was Irgit Schynykbaj-oglu Dshurukuwaa, was born in the Mongolian Altai on 26 December 1943, or in 1944 according to the sources, the youngest son of a Tuvan family. He studied German language and literature in Leipzig from 1962 to 1968, then taught German at universities in Mongolia, until that right was withdrawn from him in 1976 for political reasons. A German-language writer, chief of his people and shaman, in 1995 he led a caravan that brought the scattered Tuvans back towards the Altai.

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