Kalmykia is the second birthplace of fairy tales after India

October 28, 2013

Fairy tales As many respected scholars of Oriental studies suppose – Kalmykia is the second birthplace of fairy tales after India. And for good reasons.

We have many stories of different genres: heroic tales (baatrlgch tuuls), magic tales (sidtya tuuls), everyday stories and many others! Kalmyk Folklore is really rich.

And our the most important heritage is, of course, as many of you have probably guessed, the epos “Djangar“! (more…)




Caravan of camels passes through Kalmykia and surrounding areas

July 30, 2013

Kalmykia [ De | Ru | Es | It | Fr ] Caravan of camels passes through Kalmykia and surrounding areas. Route length 1200 km. The expedition includes: Kalmyk scientists Kalmyk youth and actors, said Yuri Sangadzhiev to Kalmyk Information Center ‘KalmykiaEU’. (more…)










Today are declared the winners of the second national forum ‘Breakthrough’

February 15, 2013

Today are declared the winners of the second national forum ‘Breakthrough’.

Forum participants were representatives of of children’s and youth public organizations, young scientists, professionals, sportsmen, and entrepreneurs.

Among the winners coaches Ludmila Galchenko and Buda Zambaev, and correspondent of ‘Steppe nov’ Eugenia Ochanykova (Malye Derbety). (more…)




The space expansion is discussed by engineers from Kalmykia

January 10, 2013

Tardigrades Innovative and space technologies of Kalmykia: The space expansion is discussed by engineers from Kalmykia. Kalmyk engineers plan to start living microorganisms into space.

Tardigrades (commonly known as waterbears or moss piglets or “Wooly Bears”) are small, water-dwelling, segmented animals with eight legs notable for being one of the most complex of all known polyextremophiles. (more…)




Kalmyk corpus created by Alexandra Vankaeva

January 7, 2013

Kalmyk corpus created by Alexandra Vankaeva 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…)




Kalmyk fat-tailed breed is included in the State register of breeding achievements in sheep breeding

December 18, 2012

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: (more…)







The official journal of the Society for Neuroscience published a scientific article by Nobuhiko Kojima, Gilyana Borlikova, Toshiro Sakamoto, Kazuyuki Yamada and others scientists

December 25, 2008

The Journal of neuroscience – the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience published a scientific article by Nobuhiko Kojima, Gilyana Borlikova (from Kalmykia), Toshiro Sakamoto, Kazuyuki Yamada, Toshio Ikeda, Shigeyoshi Itohara, Hiroaki Niki and Shogo Endo “Inducible cAMP early repressor acts as a negative regulator for kindling (more…)




Fedor Konyukhov and unique finds in Kalmykia

April 25, 2003

Fedor Konyukhov Fedor Konyukhov expedition across the steppes of Kalmykia. In the group of 10 scientists: soil scientists, archaeologists, sociologists, botanists, ecologists, ornithologists and lawyers from France, Netherlands, Russia (Moscow) and the Kalmykia, reports Department of Foreign Relations of KalmykiaNews.

Fedor Konyukhov took care of the preservation of unique finds (more…)