Khostug Tyva (Tuvan: Хостуг Тыва, romanized:Xostug Tıva, lit.'free Tuva') was a political party in Tuva which existed from 1989 until the late 1990s. Originally established as the People's Front of Tuva (Russian: Народный фронт Тувы, romanized:Narodnyy front Tuvy), Khostug Tyva led the anti-Russian riots that resulted in the flight of most of the republic's ethnic Russian population, as well as later efforts to achieve independence from Russia.
After its legalisation in on 10 June 1992,[3] Khostug Tuva began advocating for a referendum on the separation of Tuva from Russia.[4] The party supported measures to increase affordable housing for rural Tuvan migrants to the capital, Kyzyl, and successfully pushed the population to oppose the 1993 Russian constitutional referendum, on the basis of opposition to private ownership of land.[3]
In 1993, Khostug Tyva split in two as a result of conflicts between the moderate and radical wings of the party. The radicals remained within Khostug Tyva, while the moderates formed the People's Party of Sovereign Tuva (Russian: Народная партия суверенной Тувы, romanized:Narodnaya partiya suverrenoy Tuvy).[6] The People's Party of Sovereign Tuva was formally registered on 14 February 1993. Following the split, Khostug Tyva continued to call for Tuvan independence from the Russian Federation, and the chief of the party's executive committee, Igor Badra[ru; tyv], was a candidate for the Party of Russian Unity and Accord during the 1993 Russian legislative election.[3]
Khostug Tyva dissolved itself at some point during the late 1990s.[6]