Buyan Badyrgy

Mongush Buyan-Badyrgy was a Tuvan politician and statesman. He was adopted by a noyon (chieftain) as an infant, and between 1907 and 1909 he succeeded his adoptive father in that role. He was the noyon for his kozhuun as the region of Tannu Uriankhai went from Chinese control to a protectorate of Russia in 1914, known as Uryankhay Krai. He was a leading figure in the protectorate and later chaired the All-Tuva Constituent Council in 1921, which established the region as an independent country, the Tannu Tuva People's Republic.