Bayan-Ölgii Province
Galsan Tschinag (, , , , born Irgit Şınıkay oğlu Çuruk-Uvaa (, ), 26 December 1944 in Bayan-Ölgii Province, Mongolia), is a Mongolian writer of novels, poems, and essays in the German language, though he hails from a Tuvan background. He is also often described as a Shaman, and is also a teacher and an actor.