News from Kalmykia. December, 3.

The head of Republic of Kalmykia Alexey Orlov held a working meeting about water supply in Lagansky district, which was attended by the Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Kalmykia Igor Zotov, head of the administration of Laganskiy district Andrew Mandzhiev, President of the Assembly of Deputies Lagan district German Badma-Halgaev. (more…)

The visit of the Kundeling Rinpoche to Kalmykia. The program shows the date, time, event and venue.

2012 August 23 Thursday
15:00 Arrival in Elista. Exit to the press. Airport of the Elista city.

2012 August 24 Friday
9:15 – 10:15 Visit to buddhist monastery “Geden Sheddup Choi Korling” (Arshansky khurul) Tour in the monastery.

10:30 – 12:00 Arrive at Central buddhist temple of Kalmykia “Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni”. Tour in the central temple.
13:00 – 16:00 Tour of the Elista-city. Visit to City Chess, the National Museum to them. Palmov, the monument “Exodus and Return”. Elista.
18:00 Kalmyk concert. Government group “KalmConcert” Elista. (more…)

Lundin Petroleum has interests in the Lagansky Block in the Caspian region.

The Lagansky Block is 2,000 square kilometres in size and is located offshore in the north Caspian area, close to major world class hydrocarbon discoveries. The Morskaya discovery was made in 2008 and contains good quality oil and has estimated contingent resources (more…)

English language instructors society ELIS participated in ‘Russia and America: A 200th Anniversary Essay Contest for High School Students’ which was held earlier this year.

The Kalmyk pupils wanted to contribute to celebrating the 200th anniversary of US – Russia diplomatic relations and we are happy to inform you that a student from Lagan district of Kalmykia has been (more…)