Mongush Kenin-Lopsan

Mongush Borakhovitch Kenin-Lopsan (Russian: Монгуш Борахович Кенин-Лопсан, Tuvan: Моңгуш Бора-Хөө оглу Кенин-Лопсаң, romanized: Moñguş Bora-Xöö oglu Kenin-Lopsañ; 10 April 1925 – 10 February 2022) was a Russian writer, poet, historian, archaeologist, famous Tuvan shamanism researcher, and leader who lived in Kyzyl,[1] the capital of Tuva, Russian Federation.

Kenin-Lopsan was born on 10 April 1925, at Chash-Tal, Tuva, Chöön-Khemtchik district to a family of Bora-Khöö.

He studied philology at Leningrad (today St. Petersburg) University and received a master's degree in 'Eastern Sciences'.

Throughout his whole life, he collected stories from his kinsmen, storytellers, shamans, workers, herders and poets.

His grandmother shamaness Kuular Khandyshap died after being imprisoned by Gulag for 15 years.