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Kalmyk girl Saglara Ozaeva became Miss Dzhungaria 2011
As a result of the popular vote in a social network vkontakte.ru, the title of “Miss Dzhungaria 2011” was a kalmyk student Saglara Ozaeva from Saint Petersburg university.
The main prize: a certificate for 10 000 russian roubls and a Gold Card Dzungaria.
Recall that in the previous “Miss Dzhungaria 2009” won Kalmyk student Suvsana Barikova (Pearl) from Moscow university. Read the rest of this entry »
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In Elista began XIII All-Russian Exhibition of breeding sheep
In Elista, the capital of the European Buddhism, began XIII All-Russian Exhibition of breeding sheep, reports KalmykiaNews. [ De | Ru | Fr | Es | It ]
Continued importation of breeding animals to the exhibition complex. Members of the Commission for Reception of animals and members of the Expert Commission has already started work.
In the exhibition will attended by about 20 farms of Kalmykia and about a hundred pedigree reproducers Read the rest of this entry »
A workshop to launch the first two wind farms in the village of Sandy Republic of Kalmykia
First Deputy Prime Minister of Republic of Kalmykia, Vyacheslav Ilyumzhinov held a workshop to launch the first two wind farms in the village of Sandy Republic of Kalmykia.
The meeting discussed technical issues and issues of interaction between partners, creating a working committee to run these facilities, the regional program of energy development.
In the discussions were: the authorized representative of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kalmykia JSC “Falcon Capital,” Chairman Read the rest of this entry »
Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva pays working visit to Kalmykia
On 14th April Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva paid a working visit to the city of Elista, during which she spoke to Kalmykia’s leader Alexey Orlov about the prospects for development of rhythmic gymnastics in the Republic.
Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva also took part in the opening ceremony of the XVI Rhythmic Gymnastics Open Championship of the Republic of Kalmykia. Read the rest of this entry »
Meeting of the Goose Specialist Group
13th meeting of the Goose Specialist Group
From Thursday 24 March to Tuesday 29 March 2011 the 13th meeting of the Goose Specialist Group of the IUCN-SSC was held in conjunction with the 4th meeting of the Russian Goose, Swan and Duck Study Group (GSDSG) of northern Eurasia in Elista, Kalmykia (Russian Federation).
CPC Management meeting Head of Kalmykia Alexei Orlov
There has been a working meeting held today between Nikolai Platonov, General Director, Caspian Pipeline Consortium, and Alexei Orlov, the Leader of the Republic of Kalmykia. The participants discussed cooperation between Kalmykia and CPC in the course of the CPC Pipeline Expansion Project. Read the rest of this entry »
Head of the Republic of Kalmykia Alexey Orlov expressed official thanks to the Olga Burninova
Head of the Republic of Kalmykia Alexey Orlov expressed official thanks to the head of the department Olga Burninova for active participation in the preparation and organization of the visit of the President Read the rest of this entry »
President of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and UFO
Mr. Ilyumzhinov said in an interview on primetime television that he had been taken on board an alien spaceship which had come to planet Earth to take samples – and claims to have several witnesses. Read the rest of this entry »
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has decided to take 15 loaves Kalmyk sausages in Moscow
[ En | Ru | Es ] Our Kalmyk sausage produced at Trinity meat factory, so liking the head of state, that he took her to Moscow. Most Russian President Dmitry Medvedev liked the sausage “Presidential”.
A small exhibition of local producers for the president arranged in a Chess Palace (New Vasyuki) near Elista. More than anything Kalmyk ENEA Dmitry Medvedev stand like “Trinity slaughterhouse.”
– That these sausages look appetizing, I would like to try – the President said, pointing to a sort of “Presidential.” Read the rest of this entry »
Week of the Chinese language and Chinese culture
Week of the Chinese language and Chinese culture
November 29, 2010 (Monday) 16:00
House of Culture, 1st Corps of Kalmyk State University (KSU).
1. Opening ceremony of the Week of the Chinese language and Chinese culture.
2. Presentation of the collective monograph “Russia and China: the interaction of cultures”.
3. Opening of book exhibition “China open to the world”.
November 30, 2010 (Tuesday) 16:00
House of Culture, 1st Corps Kalmyk State University (KSU).
Festival of Chinese cinema. Read the rest of this entry »
Russian style Exopolitics – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s alien abduction
Exopolitics (literally politics out of this world) has become a buzz word among some ufologists in the U.S., Europe and Latin America, but in Russia’s rough and tumble political world the subject of alien abductions erupted without any need of lobbyists calling for UFO disclosure.
The international media reported widely last May that Andrei Lebedev, a member of Parliament for the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party, wrote a letter to President Medvedev in reaction to a disclosure by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, head of the Buddhist Kalmykia region in southern Russia, Read the rest of this entry »
I visited one of the most improbable places on Earth, the little-known Republic of Kalmykia
Tomas Van Houtryve about Kalmykia. Russian version
Earlier this year, I visited one of the most improbable places on Earth, the little-known Republic of Kalmykia.
Located on the arid steppe south of Volgograd, Kalmykia is Europe’s only Buddhist republic.
It also bills itself as a Mecca for chess players. It is the headquarters of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), and a suburb has been built near the capital, Elista, expressly for holding tournaments and offering vacation homes to former champions. The game is mandatory for all Kalmyk school children. Read the rest of this entry »
Medvedev considers new Kalmykia head
President Dmitry Medvedev discussed candidates to head the Republic of Kalmykia with the leadership of the United Russia party on Wednesday.
Current president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who has headed Russia’s poorest republic since 1993, was not on the list of candidates submitted to Dmitry Medvedev. Read the rest of this entry »
Great investment project “Wind power stations”
On the territory of the Republic of Kalmykia, in accordance with the investment project, signed between the Government of the Republic of Kalmykia and joint stock company “Falcon Capital” continues the construction of wind farms. The purpose of this project is to construct a Czech company JSC “Falcon Capital” of wind power station with capacity of 150 MW.
Quantity of wind turbines which will be installed at wind power stations will be 126 units. At the same time it is possible to change the quantity by using more powerful wind stations from the world’s leading energy producers, such as, Vensys AG and Vestas. Wind farms Read the rest of this entry »
Working Meeting Held between Kalmykia’s Head and CPC-R General Director Alexander Tarakanov
A working meeting was held between Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Republic of Kalmykia’s Head, and CPC-R General Director Alexander Tarakanov today in Moscow in the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kalmykia to the Russia President. Vladimir Babichev,a Member of the Russia Council of Federation, also participated in the meeting.
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