In March 2026, on the eve of International Women’s Day, the N.N. Palmov National Museum of the Republic of Kalmykia joined the “All-Russian Memory Lesson dedicated to the role of women in the Great Patriotic War,” according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Kalmykia.

Kalmyk Museum staff conducted thematic classes, “Women Who Stride Into Immortality,” both at the museum and at traveling exhibitions at educational institutions in Elista.

Schoolchildren and students in Elista (more…)

Deportation and genocide in Soviet period in Soviet Union

Kizlyar-Astrakhan

The inhabitants of Kalmykia, mainly women, the elderly and children, worked on the construction of this railway. Adult men at that time were at the front, in the army. The road was built as soon as possible.

It was a real feat. But nobody talks about this anywhere.

It is still silent. (more…)

Dangerous territory 10 hectares Ru

Military warehouse in Republic of Kalmykia

In Kalmykia, sappers have begun demining an underground artillery warehouse.

In Kalmykia, the South Military District’s Engineer and Sapper Team extracted about 200 shells and other explosive objects from underground dugouts. In 1942, a Nazi German rear support point with (more…)

Immortal regiment in Elista, the capital of the Republic of Kalmykia (part of Russia).

Victory Day!

May, 9 in Elista. (more…)

The idea of the project “Map of Memory” is aiming to enable each student in Russia or each school itself to share photos of local monuments dedicated to the heroes and famous battles of the Great Patriotic War and to provide a comment to them. Eventually, the data is collected in one digital Map (more…)