Archive for May, 2011

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 »

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov bring in Kalmykia relics of Shakyamuni Buddha

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov bring in Kalmykia relics of Shakyamuni Buddha. During his official visit to Sri Lanka, the first President of the Republic of Kalmykia, FIDE President visited the ancient fortress city of Sigiriya, attended a service at the church of the Sacred Tooth Relic.

During the conversation with the abbot of the temple had been agreed that, in deference to the merits of the Buddhist Republic of Kalmykia in the spread of Buddhism in the republic will be brought relics of Shakyamuni Buddha, as well as the germ of a sacred tree Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, nurtured, according to the legend of the ridge tree under which the Buddha Sakyamuni was enlightened, and brought to Sri Lanka in 288 BC Emperor Ashoka. Read the rest of this entry »

In Elista began XIII All-Russian Exhibition of breeding sheep

Kalmykia 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 »