France
July 30, 2019
France is a transcontinental state, including the main territory in Western Europe and a number of overseas regions and territories.
The capital of France is Paris.
The motto of the Republic is “Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood”, its principle is the rule of the people, by the people and for the people. (more…)
Deutsche Welle Video: Europe’s Only Buddhist Country
July 13, 2019
New video
about Kalmykia, buddhism and steppe.
Deutsche Welle: Europe’s Only Buddhist Country | Welcome to Kalmykia | Europe to The Maxx
Video duration 16m 14s
Travel to Russia and Kalmykia
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Deutsche Welle TV company visited the ethnic settlement and camels in Kalmykia
June 16, 2019
Exotic rural ecotourism and camels of Kalmykia
Yesterday, specialists from the Deutsche Welle television company from Germany (more…)
Belarus
May 18, 2019
Belarus – officially the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Рэспубліка Беларусь, Russian: Республика Беларусь), formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia or Belorussia (Russian: Белоруссия), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. (more…)
Sacred Lonely tree
May 5, 2018
Miracle of nature
Sacred Lonely tree
Location: near Elista-city.
Nature Monument of national importance “Lonely Poplar with Cascade of Springs”
Third place (more…)
How Spain and Italy are trying to lure back lost tourists
September 6, 2015
Wooing the Russians: how Spain and Italy are trying to lure back lost tourists
With a weak rouble and difficult diplomatic relations, the number of Russian tourists in the two countries is down. But they have a plan to win them back. (more…)
Elista
August 12, 2015
Elista city [ De | Ru | Es | Fr ]
Capital of Republic of Kalmykia.
Русская версия: Элиста.
Population: 103,728
Elista was founded in 1865 as a small settlement; the name is from Kalmyk els(e)n ‘sand(y).
Since 1991, the town has been characterized by the slow decay of Soviet-built institutions, and the large construction projects instigated by the republic’s millionaire president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
The town center has a number of renovated public parks focused on the main square, boasting statues to both Vladimir Lenin and the Buddha. To the east of the town lies the Olympic village of the 1998 XXXIII Chess Olympiad, known locally as “City-Chess“. The site has a public swimming pool and an excellent museum of Kalmyk Buddhist art, and is also infrequently used as a conference center. (more…)
Main nomad camp
April 9, 2014
Camera crew from Hungary runs in Republic of Kalmykia
June 12, 2013
Hungary-Kalmykia [ Ru ]
Camera crew from Hungary runs in Republic of Kalmykia, reported by the Kalmyk Tourism Development Fund. (more…)
The exotic Republic
March 11, 2013
The exotic Republic [ De | Ru | Fr | Es | It ]
Historical and cultural heritage of the Kalmyk people, the ancient national traditions, crafts, large areas of protected areas contribute to the development of different tourism destinations.
Tourism can be a major source of income of the republican budget. Religious tourism could become a promising direction in economy of republic.
You can move from one city to another in central Russia and not notice much difference. But if you go from Moscow to Elista – the difference is striking. (more…)
Former President of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with the President of Chess Federation of Croatia Josip Leko
January 22, 2013
Today, January 22, 2013, Former President of Kalmykia, President of FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with the President of Chess Federation of Croatia Josip Leko. (more…)
The trip to Kalmykia was very exciting and interesting
June 30, 2012 The trip was very exciting and interesting. I never thought that such an unusual city as Elista is so close to Volgograd. Elista is different from all the cities in the country by its eastern atmosphere. As if you find yourself in the eastern dragon tale with pagodas …
In general, Kalmykia, I think, a real paradise for tourists. There are many opportunities for almost any type of vacation.
We were particularly impressed by their originality capital of Kalmykia – Elista. Unlike the cities of Central Russia, Elista is fully saturated with religious culture. Wherever I look – everywhere there are elements of Buddhism. (more…)
Foreign tourists have come to Elista driving BMW motorcycles
June 10, 2012
Foreign tourists have come to Elista driving BMW motorcycles. On 9 of June the city of Elista (Kalmykia) has been visited by the foreign tourists with BMW motorcycles Hannes Grundner and Karola Kien both coming from Vienna (Austria), says the Kalmyk information and tourist centre “Kalmykia.EU”.
In the blessed Elista, he Austrian tourists Hannes Grundner and Karola Kien had been met by the official Kalmyk representatives from the companies KalmykiaTour and KalmykiaNews.
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Story of a tourist from Germany
May 31, 2012
Stephan Werner. Story of a tourist from Germany
2012-05-03 > 142km. 412hm / sunny 27°C – 32°C / Ø18km/h / pedaling time 8:00hrs / elevation 133m, today passed 1000km mark since Simferopol (day 9) For some unknown reason, this morning I received a lot of gifts, whenever I stopped to ask for directions or just looking at things, mostly women gave me apples or sweets and wished me a safe trip. Russians are truly very friendly people.
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Representatives of the magazine “National Geographic” arrived in Kalmykia
May 23, 2012
The representatives of the “National Geographic” magazine have come to Kalmykia.
The representatives of the “National Geographic” magazine linguists Dr. David Harrison and Dr. Anderson, photographer Chris Rainier, and Jeremy Fahringer have come to Kalmykia in order to to get acquainted with the speakers of the national language.The linguists and anthropologists came to the steppe (more…)
