Tos-Bulak is the name of an area of open fields and a mineral spring situated at , some 9 km south of

Kyzyl Kyzyl (; Tuvan and russian: Кызыл; , ) is the capital city of the republic of Tuva, Russia. The name of the city means "red" or "crimson" in Tuvan (and in many other Turkic languages). Its population was History The city was founded in ...

Tyva Tuva (; russian: Тува́) or Tyva ( tyv, Тыва), officially the Republic of Tuva (russian: Респу́блика Тыва́, r=Respublika Tyva, p=rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə tɨˈva; tyv, Тыва Республика, translit=Tyva Respublika ...

. It is the location of the

Naadym Naadam (Mongolian Naadam Festival) ( mn, Наадам, classical Mongolian: ''Naɣadum'', , ''literally "games"'') is a traditional festival celebrated in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and Tuva Republic. The festival is also locally termed "eriin gurva ...

festival (15 August), the Tyvan Republic Day, where various competitions such as horseriding and

khuresh Khuresh is a traditional Tuvan wrestling, in Siberia. The word has cognates with Tuvan's sister Turkic languages, for example Turkish '' güreş'' and Tatar '' köräş'' (all ultimately derived from Old Turkic ''keriş''). See also *Kurash * Wre ...

(wrestling) are held.

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*http://throat-singing.blogspot.com/2005/08/naadym.html Geography of Tuva Rural localities in Tuva Kyzyl {{Tuva-geo-stub