As a result, the 11th Congress of the TPRP (held in November 1939), instructed the Central Committee to begin the process of equipping the TNRA for the next 2–3 years.
In March 1943, it was announced that Tuvan forces would go to the eastern front as volunteers under the command of military formations in the Soviet Red Army.
That same month, ten Yakovlev Yak-7 planes were built by the Tuvan military and were gifted to the Soviet Air Force.
[6][7][8][9] The tankists were trained at the Radiansk Tank School and served under the Soviet 52nd Army, under the command of Colonel General Konstantin Koroteyev.
From 1928 to 1931, the TAKA was housed in a two-story barracks, which stood on the site of the modern building of the Tuva Regional Museum named after Aldan-Maadyr.
[2] In December 1930, a six-month training school for junior commanders of 20 people was created, holding its first graduation in June 1931 and working without interruption until 1946.