Republic of Kalmykia

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Chagdir Sandzhiev. The current state of Buddhism in Kalmykia

It’s been more than 20 years since the collapse of the USSR and the beginning of the period of genuine religious freedom in Russia. Great changes happened both in the country as well as in the minds and hearts of the citizens during this period. Read the rest of this entry »

The Chessman Cometh [ En | Ru ]

An interview with globe-trotting chess promoter, former president, and freelance diplomat Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

INTERVIEW BY JOSHUA E. KEATING. MAY 9, 2012

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov garners an awful lot of press for the president of the World Chess Federation. But he’s not exactly your average chess buff. From 1993 to 2010, he was president of the Russian republic of Kalmykia and became known for his efforts to transform the remote Buddhist region into an international chess mecca as well as for his frank comments about an encounter with aliens he claims to have had in 1997. (He was also widely criticized for his autocratic rule over the impoverished republic.) Read the rest of this entry »

The exhibition “Graphics of Dmitry Sandzhiev” from series of works “Time of curvature of pyramid” [ Ru ]

The opening ceremony was attended by the
Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Kalmykia Lyudmila Ivanova,
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kalmykia – Minister of Education, Culture and Science Larisa Vasilyeva,
Deputy Minister of Education, Culture and Science Amulanga Uchurova,
Chairman of Writers Union of Kalmykia, the secretary of the Writers Union of Russia Nikolai Sandzhiev, Read the rest of this entry »

Program of Visit of Professor R. A. F. Thurman to the Kalmyk Institute for Humanities of the Russian Academy of Sciences

May 2, 2012.

I. Meeting and acquaintance of Professor R. A. F. Thurman with activity of the KIH RAS

9.30 – 9.45 Meeting of the Professor R. A. F. Thurman.
Welcome ceremony

9.45 – 10.45 Acquaintance with the Institute. Read the rest of this entry »

Robert Thurman’s program in Kalmykia [ Ru ]

(the program may change)

April 28
10.00
“I can be happy”
Lecture for students of technical colleges and universities
Temple “Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni” Read the rest of this entry »

Today, April 6, 2012, the head of the Republic of Kalmykia Aleksey Orlov took part in the events dedicated the “Day of the Republic of Kalmykia” in Moscow, capital of Russia.

Legendary billioner Kirsan Ilyumzhinov from Kalmykia.

Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov (Russian: Кирсан Николаевич Илюмжинов) was born on the 5th of April 1962 in Elista, the capital of the Kalmykia
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Marina Mukabenova (russian: Марина Мукабенова)

Marina Mukabenova is the member of political party “United Russia”.

Marina Mukabenova is the member of State Duma (Gosudarstvennaya Duma) (Gosduma) of the Russian Federation.

State Duma of the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (legislature). Read the rest of this entry »

News of Kalmykia: Kalmykia Government reports that the January 23, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kalmykia Vyacheslav Ilyumzhinov met with the head of the organization AiD-channel Odyn Tsolmon (Mongolia).

During the meeting they discussed the possibility of using the airport in the capital of the Kalmyk air bridge for Read the rest of this entry »

French version

Today, in Moscow (Russia) was startes contest “Miss Asia Moscow“. In contest “Miss Asia Moscow” girls from Kalmykia, Buryatia, Tyva, Altaj, Khakasia, Yakutia, Korea, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Yana Chenkuraeva. Girl from Kalmykia more photos >>

http://www.missasiamoscow.ru/golosovanie-1/ Vote for Kalmykia! Read the rest of this entry »

Supreme Lama of Kalmykia Telo Tulku Rinpoche, is involved in the Global Buddhist Congress. These days in New Delhi is a major event, called the Global Buddhist Congress, said the publication Hindustan Times.

The Congress brought together Buddhists from around the world, from different countries, continents and different schools. Read the rest of this entry »

“Buddhism in Russia” exhibition in Bhutan. A “Buddhism in Russia” exhibition has opened in Bhutan.

This is the first time such an exhibition has been organized in the Himalayan kingdom. Read the rest of this entry »

The relics of the Buddha have miraculous powers, if a person falls happy to see the shrine, the next three of his life will be happy.

Video
The relics of the Buddha brought to Kalmykia. Read the rest of this entry »

Twenty camels bound from southeast Russia to a circus in Bulgaria were stuck and became starved and dehydrated on the border between Moldova and Romania earlier this week, a popular Russian daily said. Read the rest of this entry »

The Ambassador and the monks of Sri Lanka visited the main Buddhist temple in Kalmykia.

Today, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in the Russian Federation Mr. Udayanga Weeratunga, monks, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Deputy of State Duma of the Marina Mukabenova visited central temple of Kalmykia “Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni“. Read the rest of this entry »