Salchak Toka | |
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| Салчак Тока | |
| General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party | |
| In office 6 March 1932 – 10 October 1944 | |
| Preceded by | Irgit Shagdyrzhap |
| Succeeded by | Position renamed |
| First Secretary of the Tuvan Oblast Committee of the CPSU | |
| In office 13 October 1944 – 10 October 1961 | |
| Preceded by | Position renamed |
| Succeeded by | Position renamed |
| First Secretary of the Tuvan Republican Committee of the CPSU | |
| In office 11 October 1961 – 11 May 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Position renamed |
| Succeeded by | Grigoriy Shirshin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 December 1901 Mergen Lamaiin Hiid, Outer Mongolia, Qing China |
| Died | 11 May 1973 (aged 71) Kyzyl, Tuvan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | |
| Nationality | Tuvan |
| Political party | CPSU (1944–1973) |
| Other political affiliations | Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (1921–1944) |
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Salchak Kalbakkhorekovich Toka (Russian: Салчак Калбакхорекович Тока, 15 December [O.S. 2 December] 1901 – 11 May 1973) was a Tuvan and later, Soviet politician. He was General Secretary of the Tuvan department of the CPSU from 1944 to 1973; previously, he was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party and was the supreme ruler of the Tuvan People's Republic from 1932 until its annexation by the Soviet Union in 1944.[1]
- ^ Adle, Chahryar (1 January 2005). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Towards the contemporary period – From the mid-nineteenth to the end of the twentieth Century. UNESCO. p. 337. ISBN 9789231039850.