Republic of Kalmykia

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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 Read the rest of this entry »

Nargiz Zakirov

Dancing on broken glasses in Elista, capital of Republic of Kalmykia. Read the rest of this entry »

Project of kalmyk calligraphy “Todo Bichig” was launched in Elista, capital of Republic of Kalmykia.

Author of the project “Todo Bichig” Read the rest of this entry »

Republic of Kalmykia is the only Buddhist region in Europe. Descendants of the Great Nomads live here.

Kalmykia is a unique region, an area of vast steppes and deserts in Europe.

In old times the Great Silk Way was here, the hordes of the ancient Scythians, Huns, Sarmats roamed in these steppes and Khazars built towns here.

Nowadays the shortest automobile, railway and air routes connecting the Caucasus with Nizhnee Povolzhje and the central Russia run through this territory.

Eastern boundary of Kalmykia are washed by the Caspian Sea, and the great Russian river Volga flows through territory of Kalmykia. Read the rest of this entry »

Head of the Republic of Kalmykia Alexey Orlov attended the closing of the Cup of the Head of the Republic of Kalmykia on fishing, which was held by Federation of Fishing Sport of the Republic of Kalmykia (President – Erdni Tsatkhaev) in Yashkul district, on Lake Kanurka.

During the closing ceremony the Head of the Republic of Kalmykia Alexey Orlov congratulated the winners of the tournament and gave them special prizes Read the rest of this entry »

Film “The Gulls”

Elza lives in a small town Lagan in the Republic of Kalmykia on the Caspian Sea.

Another year comes to an end, it’s cold and the steppe is covered in a thin layer of snow. When her husband, who makes a living from illegal fishing, asks her one night what she did during the day, she lies. She wasn’t at her mother’s, but at the bus stop. She thought of leaving – to find out what it might be to escape the infinite expanse of her dreary small world. But she didn’t dare; instead she stays and withdraws into herself, unconcerned by who might see.

One day, her husband doesn’t return from a dangerous boat trip. Read the rest of this entry »

Sport in Kalmykia

Drag Racing Championship took place in Republic of Kalmykia.

Photos from the Drag Racing Championship: Read the rest of this entry »

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 Read the rest of this entry »

Trip to the lotuses [De | Es | It | Fr]

In the Republic of Kalmykia continues peak of flowering lotus, which this year fell on the period from 1 to 16 August, write Sandji Buvaev from Elista-city. Beautiful Lotuses bloom near the Caspian Sea – in the lower reaches of the Volga River.

Rest on the Caspian Sea is becoming increasingly popular among inhabitants of Europe. As usual during the flowering lotuses in the resort town Lagan Read the rest of this entry »

Venerable Prof. Samdhong visit Russian Federation, Republic of Kalmykia and Buryat Republic, reported Central Tibetan Administration (Dharamsala). Read the rest of this entry »

The opening of Tulip Festival will be held tomorrow, April 20 at 13.00.

The Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Kalmykia invites you to the Tulip Festival in Priyutnensky district!

In program of the Tulip festival:

The concert program with participation of the national amateur groups.
Holiday Fair handicraft articles and Read the rest of this entry »

On December 17, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Breeding Russian Ministry of Agriculture held a meeting of expert committees on the issue of access to the use of advances in animal breeding under the chairmanship of Director of Vladimir Labinov, reported KalmykiaNews agency.

Following the meeting, agreed to include in the State register of breeding achievements in sheep breeding: Read the rest of this entry »

Memorial to Komsomolets [ En | Ru ]
Мемориал комсомольцу.

Era of Soviet Union and Communist Party of USSR.

Head of the Republic of Kalmykia Alexey Orlov held a meeting on the implementation of the investment project to build wind power plants in the Republic of Kalmykia.

The meeting was attended by representatives of JSC “Falcon Capital”, the Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Kalmykia Lyudmila Ivanova, Minister of Energy and Housing and communal services of the Republic of Kalmykia Nelly Tkacheva, Deputy Chairman Tariff Service Read the rest of this entry »

Kalmykia on the map