Pink Lake [ Ru ]

Mekletinskoye Lake is a unique salty pink lake, which is located in the Chernozemelsky district of the Republic of Kalmykia. (more…)

International relations [ Ru ]

Republic of Kalmykia and India explore infrastructure projects. The head of the Republic of Kalmykia, Batu Khasikov, has met a delegation from India, which has come to Elista to consider projects for international cooperation. (more…)

Rice irrigation systems in the Oktyabrsky district near Volga river

The tense situation in recent years is due to insufficient volumes of supplied irrigation water to rice checks (more…)

Wonderful salvation [ Ru ]

Salvation of swans

Wild white swans were rescued by residents of the village of Erdnievsky in Kalmykia.

Wild swans began to fall from the sky in Kalmykia. Flock of white swans were in a difficult position. (more…)

Interview with the Head of Kalmykia Alexey Orlov for the TV channel “Russia 24”

Head of the Republic of Kalmykia Alexey Orlov was interviewed to the Russian news channel “Russia 24”. (more…)

News from Kalmykia. December, 3.

The head of Republic of Kalmykia Alexey Orlov held a working meeting about water supply in Lagansky district, which was attended by the Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Kalmykia Igor Zotov, head of the administration of Laganskiy district Andrew Mandzhiev, President of the Assembly of Deputies Lagan district German Badma-Halgaev. (more…)

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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