Posts Tagged ‘England’

Death on the Steppes: Mystery Disease Kills Saigas

Saigas Death on the Steppes: Mystery Disease Kills Saigas

Before the end of the last Ice Age, saigas roamed by the millions in a range stretching from England to Siberia, even into Alaska. Eventually they moved to the steppes of Central Asia, where they continued to thrive — until the 20th century, when these strange-looking antelopes began flirting with extinction. Read the rest of this entry »

Schoolchildren from Kalmykia are sent to the language courses in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom From Elista sent a group of schoolchildren from 12 to 17 years for language courses in the United Kingdom in Stratford-upon-Avon (Warwickshire, England), near Birmingham. Group all the time, accompanied by the curator – English teacher Elista schools with the teaching experience more than 20 years, reports International Information Centre of Kalmykia. You can join to the group in Moscow or Elista.

Stratford-upon-Avon is a popular tourist destination owing to its status as birthplace of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare, receiving about 3 million visitors a year from all over the world. The Royal Shakespeare Company resides in Stratford’s Royal Shakespeare Theatre, one of Britain’s most important cultural venues. (Wikipedia about Stratford-upon-Avon)

Only a few places in the group. Schoolchildren who arrived Read the rest of this entry »

My cherished dream is to see Kalmykia blossoming

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov My dream is to turn Kalmykia into a republic in which citizens are proud to live just as in America, England, Japan or France.

We must do everything we can to ensure that our children can say with pride: “I live in Kalmykia”. Everyone must begin to think of his or herself as a resident of Kalmykia first, and only then a Chechen, Darghin, Russian, Kalmyk or Ukrainian. Your little homeland, the land on which Read the rest of this entry »