The Status of Nomadic Families in Tuva and Features of Their Adaptation to Contemporary Conditions
Положение кочевых семей Тувы и особенности их адаптации к современным условиям
Rostovskaya T.K. Natsak O.D. Delovarova L.F.
1 September 2025Ch. K. Lamazhaa
New Research of Tuva
2025Issue 3212 - 233 pp.
The article analyzes the issues of adaptation of modern nomadic Tuvan families to the changing socio-economic conditions of life in Tuva. The analysis is based on the results of a sociological survey conducted among representatives of nomadic families in 2025. The changes in the size of the social group of shepherds and reindeer herders in Tuva are examined. During the post-Soviet period, a decline in the number of shepherds as both a social and professional group occurred, which correspondingly reduced the number of nomadic families within the structure of Tuvan society. Special support programs for livestock breeders adopted by the republican authorities helped modify this trend, albeit insignificantly, partly because these programs were not specifically targeted at the needs of families. The absence of state support programs for nomadic families in Tuva is noted. Structural changes occurring within Tuvan nomadic families are shown. Several factors (such as children’s education, financial difficulties) lead to the practice of spouses living separately (with the family’s seasonal camp on the one hand and the village or town on the other). The education system obliges children to live far from their parents’ household, thereby disrupting the continuity of traditional family succession. Parents themselves are inclined to have their children obtain professional education and move to other locations. Problems with access to communication networks and digital technologies also cause difficulties in the existence of nomadic families. All these factors complicate the livelihood of nomadic families. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Internet access , livestock breeding , nomadic family , nomadic lifestyle , shepherd , Tuvan family , Tuvans
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Institute for Demographic Research, Federal Research Sociological Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bldg. 1, 6 Fotievoi St., Moscow, 119333, Russian Federation
Institute of Modern Languages, Intercultural Communication and Migration, RUDN University, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya St., Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation
Tuvan Institute of Humanities and Applied Social and Economic Research under the Government of the Republic of Tuva, 4 Kochetov St., Kyzyl, 667000, Russian Federation
Faculty of International Relations, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 71 Al-Farabi Ave., Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
Institute for Demographic Research
Institute of Modern Languages
Tuvan Institute of Humanities and Applied Social and Economic Research under the Government of the Republic of Tuva
Faculty of International Relations
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