Monografiya posvyashchena etnicheskim gruppam tuvintsev, kotorye v nastoyashchee vremya zhivut za predelami Respubliki Tyva. Rech" idet o tofalarakh v Irkutskoy oblasti i soyotakh v Respublike Buryatiya, kotorye v proshlom vkhodili v sostav tuvinskogo etnosa, no vposledstvii otkolovshis" ot nego, obrazovali dve samostoyatel"nye etnicheskie edinitsy. Issleduyutsya takzhe tuvintsy, zhivushchie v Mongolii i Kitae. Osveshchayutsya voprosy, svyazannye s ikh rasseleniem, chislennost"yu, rodoplemennym sostavom, osobennostyami etnoyazykovoy situatsii, mezhetnicheskikh otnosheniy, material"noy i dukhovnoy kul"tury.