Salchak Toka

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nationality =Tuvan

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birth_date =birth date|1901|12|15|mf=y
birth_place =Mergen Lamaiin Hiid, Mongolia
death_date =death date and age|1973|5|11|1901|12|15|mf=y
death_place =Kyzyl, Tuva ASSR
party =CPSU
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order =Second Prime Minister of Tannu Tuva
term_start =March 6, 1932
term_end =October 30, 1944
predecessor =Donduk Kuular
successor =none (State annexed by the Soviet Union)
order2=General Secretary of the Tuvinian department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
term_start2=November 1, 1944
term_end2=May 11, 1973
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Salchak Kalbakkhorekovich Toka ( _ru. Салчак Калбакхорекович Тока, OldStyleDate|December 15|1901|December 2–May 11, 1973) was a Tuvan politician. He was for many years the communist ruler of Tuva, and as well the Second Prime Minister of the Tuvinian People's Republic.

Salchak Toka was a member of the Communist University of the Toilers of the East ( _ru. Коммунистический университет трудящихся Востока) in Moscow and Kyzyl. In 1929 the current head of state Donduk Kuular was removed from power and arrested by the Soviets. Meanwhile, five Tuvan graduates of the Communist University of the Toilers of the East were appointed commissars extraordinary to Tuva. Their loyalty to Stalin ensured that they would pursue policies, such as collectivization, that Donduk had ignored. On March 6, 1932 Salchak Toka replaced Donduk as General Secretary of the Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party.

Salchak Toka established close contacts with Joseph Stalin. After the execution of Donduk Kuular in 1932, Salchak Toka became absolute ruler of Tannu Tuva. He introduced a communist ideology after the Soviet model, the nomad agriculture was collectivized and the traditional religions (Tibetan Buddhism and Shamanism) was suppressed. He introduced a bizarre personal cult around himself, and was awarded numerous of Soviet prizes for his literary works.

In 1944 he requested that Tannu Tuva should be annexed by the Soviet Union. The event took place on October 30, 1944 de jure via Mikhail Kalinin. Tuva was initially an autonomous region of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) and starting from October 10, 1961 as the Tuva Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Tuva ASSR). Salchak Toka remained up to its death in 1973 the General Secretary of the Tuvinian department of the CPSU.