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About Kyzyl and Tuva
The Conference:
700 plus participants
Media Coverage
  • The Conference took place in Kyzyl, the capital of the Republic of Tuva, which is the poorest and least accessible part of Siberia.
  • The Republic of Tuva is about the size of South Korea, with a population of less than 400,000 people.
  • The local people speak a Mongolian dialect, even though they share the same ancestors as the Native American Indians.
  • Tuva is famous for its shamanism, throat singing, and local-style sumo wrestling.
  • The Conference was organized by Antonina Dashkina (Local Chapter President of Russia & Board Member of AASW).
  • The Conference was hosted by the Russian Union for Social Workers and Social Work Pedagogues in cooperation with the Asian Association for Social Welfare.
  • In total, the Conference hosted more than 700 delegates from Russia and across the globe (from as far as Australia and New Zealand).
  • The Conference received a great deal of media coverage by:
  • Local, regional and national Newspapers.
  • Local, regional and national Russian Television.

    • Asian Association
    for Social Welfare