Republic of Kalmykia

Education

Chess, Buddhism and saigas are what brought a teacher from Australia to Kalmykia. Justin Corfield is not the first time in the steppe republic. And each of his visits is a celebration of the soul for him, the foreigner admits. Read the rest of this entry »

[ Ru | Es ] Head of the Republic of Kalmykia Alexey Orlov signed a decree number 169, according to which in the schools, vocational schools and colleges will be teaching basic knowledge in the field of defense and training in the fundamentals of military service.

Military Commissariat was instructed Read the rest of this entry »

Retreat with Barry Kerzin [ Ru ]

The two-day nonstrict retreat “The mental and physical health through meditation” will be held in Elista from 7 to 8 September.

In the opinion of Barry Kerzin Buddhism can be viewed from three positions. In the first place as the science of the functioning of the mind. Read the rest of this entry »

Lectures on Buddhism [ Ru ]

August 31 and September 1, 2013, in the city of Elista, will held lectures Rosie Fisher, reported by the Department of Religion.

Rosie Fisher is a student of Lama Ole Nydahl. Read the rest of this entry »

Buddhist seminars! [ De | Ru | Es | It | Fr ]

Dear pilgrims and residents of Kalmykia!

On Saturday, August 24 at 10:00 am, all are invited to a Buddhist monastery ‘Geden Sheddup Choi Korling‘, where Geshe Lhakdor hold a seminar ‘The practice of confession to the 35 Buddhas repentance’ and the practice of Vajrasattva, reported by the Head of the Department of Religion and rituals of the Development Fund tourism Kalmykia. Read the rest of this entry »

In Elista be held prayer services for students and pupils. [ Ru | Es ]

17 and August 24 at 9:00 am, in the city of Elista, capital of Kalmykia, be held prayer services for students and pupils, reported by the Information Center of the Department Read the rest of this entry »

[ En | Ru ] Enterance in the Kalmyk State University has become even more of this KSU Rector Badma Salayev said at a meeting with Alexey Orlov. Today completed the first wave of enrollment.

In 2012, wishing to study at Kalmyk State University (KSU) had more than 2,000 people. Read the rest of this entry »

[ De | Ru | Es ]
In the Republic of Kalmykia, was created Russian Kalmyk dictionary for mobile phones!

Application developer: Arslan Muchkaev (Elista).

You can download it from the official App Store Play Market.

You can download it free. Read the rest of this entry »

[ Ru ] Guys and girls from Mongolia will arrive to study in the Republic of Kalmykia, reported kalmyk site KalmykiaNews. Students from Mongolia will study in Kalmyk State University. Education in Kalmykia and education in Russia is very good.

“117 people have expressed a aim of studying in Kalmyk State University (Elista) Read the rest of this entry »

[ Ru ] June 28, 2013, in Manhatten non-profit organization “Kalmyk Project” held a regular meeting for members and guests. (The organization was founded at the initiative of the Kalmyks, who came from Russia, and officially incorporated in June 2013.)

This meeting was invited Telo Tulku Rinpoche, gave a lecture on “The Four Noble Truths.” After the lecture, Telo Tulku Rinpoche spent on the practice of meditation. The audience consisted of people of all ages who came to the meeting Read the rest of this entry »

[ Ru | Es ] July 12 in Elista will take place Grand Celebration “First rotation the Wheel of Dharma”.
About celebratory actions and entertainment rituals:

In the city of Elista, capital of Buddhist Republic Kalmykia, on July, 12th at 04.30AM interested persons can accept 8 vows of the Mahajana. 8 vows of the Mahajana are granted by the doctor of Buddhist philosophy Dr. Geshe Jampa, informs Department of religion and rituals of Fund of development of tourism of Kalmykia. Read the rest of this entry »

[ Ru ] Kalmyk kibitka and Tuvan yurt appeared on the lawn of the National Mall in Washington in front of the U.S. Capitol within the ten-day folk festival of the Smithsonian Institution.

The organizers of this year, among others, talked about the traditional Russian peoples professing Buddhism – Kalmyks and Tuvans, their language, the lifestyle, the traditional art and Read the rest of this entry »

Dear friends!

It is with great happiness we would like to announce that Telo Tulku Rinpoche, Shadjin Lama of Kalmyk Republic and President of Buddhist Union of Kalmykia will be visiting Kalmyk Project this week.

We invite you to the teaching lecture by Telo Tulku Rinpoche where he will speak on “Four Noble Truths” followed Read the rest of this entry »

From Elista sent a group of schoolchildren from 12 to 17 years for language courses in the United Kingdom in Stratford-upon-Avon (Warwickshire, England), near Birmingham. Group all the time, accompanied by the curator – English teacher Elista schools with the teaching experience more than 20 years, reports International Information Centre of Kalmykia. You can join to the group in Moscow or Elista.

Stratford-upon-Avon is a popular tourist destination owing to its status as birthplace of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare, receiving about 3 million visitors a year from all over the world. The Royal Shakespeare Company resides in Stratford’s Royal Shakespeare Theatre, one of Britain’s most important cultural venues. (Wikipedia about Stratford-upon-Avon)

Only a few places in the group. Schoolchildren who arrived Read the rest of this entry »

On June 14-15, the Department of Germanic Philology of Faculty of Humanities organized a workshop for English teachers from the schools of the Republic of Kalmykia, reports Information Centre of Kalmykia.

The seminar was held as part of the open day summer language camp Narn-Sun on the basis of the classical gymnasium of Elista. Read the rest of this entry »