The Friends of Tuva is an informal group that traces its origin to a simple question innocently posed over dinner more than a decade ago by renown physicist, adventurer, and raconteur, Richard Feynman: Whatever Happened to Tannu Tuva? Many Tuvaphiles came by their interest in Tuva either via the numerous stamps issued in the first half of the twentieth century, via the unique music of the region, or via the interest shown in the region by legendary physicist Richard Feynman.