The III International Buddhist Forum will be held in September 2025 in the cozy southern city of Elista, the capital of the mysterious Kalmykia.

Delegations from India, Mongolia, Laos, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Nepal, Thailand, Bangladesh, Vietnam and other countries where Buddhism is widespread will come to the blessed city of Elista. (more…)

National costumes

Yesterday kalmyk writer Lari Ilishkin visited MongolCostumes Center (more…)

Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia. Its area is roughly equivalent with the historical territory of Outer Mongolia, and that term is sometimes used to refer to the current state. It is sandwiched between China to the south and Russia to the north. Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, although only 37 kilometres (23 mi) separates them. (more…)

Visit to Mongolia [ De ]

Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Kalmykia visited Mongolia, reported KalmykiaNews agency.

Delegation from Kalmykia arrived in Western Mongolia to participate (more…)

International contest “White Month”

Diana Boskhomdzhieva from Republic of Kalmykia will take part in the international contest “White Month”

The contest will be attended by singers from Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Buryatia, (more…)

Travel to Kalmykia [ Fr ]

Head of the travel company of Mongolia Jalav Batsukh visited Republic of Kalmykia, reported KalmykiaNews. (more…)

Parade of Friendship of Peoples
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June, 12 at Elista!

Program:
1) Shamanic rituals
2) Lecture “Traditions of the mysterious Kalmyk people”
3) Concert
4) Parade
5) The spectacular show (more…)

Huffingtonpost

World Chess President Claims He Was Abducted By Space Aliens – And They Invented Chess

“They came in a flying saucer, picked me up, and I spent a whole day in outer space.”

Lee Speigel (more…)

Shamanistic ritual in Kalmykia [Ru]

On Thursday, 11 June 2015 in the vicinity of Elista, capital of Kalmykia, the shamans of Mongolia was held shamanistic ritual of “Worship to Heaven and Fire”, reported by the head of the Department of Religion and rituals. (more…)

International Festival of throat singing and ethnic music ‘Breath of the steppe’ will be held in Elista!

Among the guests of the festival will be throat singers from Mongolia and Altai Republic, those are Davaasuren Damjin and Mergen Teldenov. They will surely show the charm and beauty of Hoomei.

Also there will be another one interesting performer from Xinjiang province of China. His name is Bayrta Nimgrin, and he is going to sing the oirad mongolian long songs, which (more…)

The voice of Oirats! [ Ru ]

Concert of representatives of Western Mongolia and Xinjiang held in Elista, the capital of the Republic of Kalmykia!

April, 13.

Guests of the evening: Kalmyk pop stars!

Welcome to blessed Elista!
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The young kalmyk poet Dordzhi Khoninov will present the Kalmykia in the international poetry competition.

Dordzhi Khoninov is Kalmyk State University graduate student, researcher at the Research and Educational Center ‘Folklore: Science. Education. Culture’. (more…)

International Festival ‘Kalmykia invites friends’!
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The International Festival ‘Kalmykia invites friends’ will be held September 1, 2013 in Elista.

The participants of the International Festival includes dance groups, singers and singers from Mongolia, China, Israel, (more…)

[ Ru ] Guys and girls from Mongolia will arrive to study in the Republic of Kalmykia, reported kalmyk site KalmykiaNews. Students from Mongolia will study in Kalmyk State University. Education in Kalmykia and education in Russia is very good.

“117 people have expressed a aim of studying in Kalmyk State University (Elista) (more…)

Kalmyk corpus created by Alexandra Vankaeva

Internet, with its vast amount of information has become firmly established in our lives. Every year more and more people are getting their users. Under the heading “Khalmg NET» we are going to tell our readers about the most interesting online projects related to the Kalmyk culture, having any relation to the Mongol world at large. (more…)