Archive for September, 2010

FIDE officials in Elista office

FIDE officials in Elista office present:

Director Mr. Vladimir Kukaev
Tournament Reports: Mr. Gennady Rakhvalov
and Mrs. Baira Marilova
Ms. Aysa Mondrunova
Ms. Irina Bebikova


FIDE in Elista

Medvedev considers new Kalmykia head

Aleksey Orlov President Dmitry Medvedev discussed candidates to head the Republic of Kalmykia with the leadership of the United Russia party on Wednesday.

Current president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who has headed Russia’s poorest republic since 1993, was not on the list of candidates submitted to Dmitry Medvedev. Read the rest of this entry »

Kalmykia’s outgoing Ilyumzhinov to focus on three social and charity projects

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Moscow, September 8 (Itar-Tass) – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, when he steps down as head of the republic of Kalmykia, will remain in the republic to focus on three social and charity projects.

“I was born in Kalmykia, I have worked here, and I am not going to leave, I’m staying in the republic to focus on three projects,” he told a news conference on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

German Week in Kalmykia

Germany Week From September 27 to October 2, will be held German Week in Kalmykia.

German Week in Kalmykia is dedicated to the 140th anniversary of the first settlement of Germans in our steppe republic.

Program of the German Week

September 27
14.00 Olympics of German.
Country Studies Seminar (Germany) through the German idioms (on the Internet).
15:00 Opening of the exhibition “Discover Germany” and new educational materials Eisfeld, Nordost-Institut, BRD Read the rest of this entry »