Humanities & Social Sciences 2 (2017 10) 168-176 ~ ~ ~ УДК 929.733 Officials and Officialdom in the Middle of the 19th and Beginning of the 20th Centuries in the Social Structure of Tannu-Tuva Salimaa S. Khovalyg* Tuvan State University 36 Lenina Str., Kyzyl, Tuva Republic, 667000, Russia Received 24.10.2016, received in revised form 14.12.2016, accepted 10.01.2017 The article describes a social structure of the traditional Tuvan society at the turn of the 19th and Beginning of the 20th Centuries. <...> The author analyzes historical conditions for the formation of different classes and a special place occupied by officialdom. <...> Officialdom of Tuva as an integral part of the traditional Tuvan society and the administrative system of the Qing Empire in the Central Asian region was formed and existed on the basis of a targeted government policy in the field of public administration. <...> A study of formation and development of the officialdom as a whole is a new trend in historiography of Tuva. <...> The research of the topic will provide an opportunity to fully explore the issue of formation and evolution of the managerial staff structure and can be very useful in solving problems of the management system at the present stage primarily in the national republics. <...> Keywords: ambyn-noyon, khoshun, ugerda, state apparatus, official, state management, tabunan (efu) – an imperial son in law, historiography, bugude-darga, class, social structure. <...> Introduction Today, marking a 95-year anniversary of creation of the People’s Republic of Tuva and summarizing the economic and social development in Tuva, we inevitably turn back to the issue of quantitative and qualitative changes that have occurred during this significant period of time. <...> A social sphere of the traditional Tuvan society has experienced the greatest transformation since the second half of the 19th century. <...> The scientific relevance of the research lies in the Salimaa S. Khovalyg. <...> Officials and Officialdom in the Middle of the 19th and Beginning of the 20th Centuries… lack of knowledge of the problem of formation and development of officialdom of Tuva in domestic and foreign historiography. <...> The relevant issues have been reflected in the research works that can be grouped chronologically into three stages: 1) from the second half of the 19th till the first decade of the 20th the 20’s till the beginning of the 90’s of the 20th century; 3) from the early 90’s till the present time. <...> Travellers not so much studied history of the Tuvan people <...>