Republic of Kalmykia

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Chess City of New Vasyuki [ De | Ru | Fr | Es | It ]

Chess City of New Vasyuki built for the World Chess Olympiad XXXIII.

Idea of FIDE president, billioner Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (first president of Kalmykia republic 1993-2010).

Sculpture “Echo” [ De | Ru | Es | It | Fr ]

Only for unmarried girls!

St. Francis Assisi Parish [ Ru ]

Catholic church.
Elista, capital of Kalmykia.

Eelyan Ovla [ De | Ru | Es | It | Fr ]

Monument to the national narrator of the Kalmyk epic “Dzhangar” – dzhangarchi Eelyan Ovla.

Seven tired “Pagoda Seven days” on the central square in Elista, capital of Kalmykia. [ Ru ]

Russia sights

State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia

Bronze Horseman in St Petersburg, Russia

Golden Horseman in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia

Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia
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Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni [ De | Fr | Ru | It | Es ]

Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni was built in 2005 AD, in southern Russia, in Elista, the place sanctified by the leader of the Buddhists of the world by His Holiness the Dalai Lama XIV.

Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni is the largest Buddhist temple in Europe. After the Soviet era, the destruction of spirituality, a small exotic country in the process of revival of Buddhism, which originated 2,600 years ago in India.

Buddhist temple “Gedden Sheddup Choikorling” [ Ru | Es | Fr ]

Holy Abode of theory and practice Gelug School. Kalmyk: “Syakyusn Syume”.