Saltschak Kalbakchorekowitsch Toka

Saltschak Kalbakchorekowitsch Toka ( Russian Салчак Калбакхорекович Тока ; * December 2 ^July / December 15,  1901 ^greg. In Saryg-Sep ; † May 11, 1973 in Kyzyl ) was a Tuvan and Soviet politician. From 1932 to 1944 he was head of government of the independent Tuvinian People's Republic and, even after its incorporation into the Soviet Union, he was the determining figure in Tuvinian politics until his death.

Saltschak Toka

Life

Saltschak Toka was a member of the Communist University of the Working People of the East in Moscow and Kyzyl . With Soviet support , he launched a coup d'état in January 1929 against the government of the independence-oriented Prime Minister Donduk Kuular and took over the government of the Tuvinian People's Republic. He also became chairman of the Central Committee of the People's Revolutionary Party of Tuva and on March 6, 1932 its general secretary.

Saltschak Toka established close contacts with Stalin . After the execution of Donduk Kuular in 1932 Saltschak Toka became the absolute ruler of Tuwas. He rigorously introduced reforms in the direction of a real socialist system based on the Soviet model. Under his leadership, agriculture , which was previously carried out by nomads , was collectivized and traditional religions ( shamanism and Lamaism / Buddhism ) suppressed. He introduced a personality cult around himself. He was awarded numerous Soviet prizes for his literary works.

After the incorporation of the Tuvinian People's Republic into the Soviet Union, Toka remained General Secretary of the Tuvinian Department of the CPSU until his death in 1973 .

His wife Chertek Amyrbitovna Antschimaa-Toka was head of state of her country from 1940 to 1944, the first female head of state of a republic.

Web links

• Article Saltschak Toka in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D111040~2a%3DSaltschak%20Toka~2b%3DSaltschak%20Toka