Republic of Kalmykia

Foreign policy

Week of the Chinese language and Chinese culture

November 29, 2010 (Monday) 16:00
House of Culture, 1st Corps of Kalmyk State University (KSU).
1. Opening ceremony of the Week of the Chinese language and Chinese culture.
2. Presentation of the collective monograph “Russia and China: the interaction of cultures”.
3. Opening of book exhibition “China open to the world”.

November 30, 2010 (Tuesday) 16:00
House of Culture, 1st Corps Kalmyk State University (KSU).
Festival of Chinese cinema. Read the rest of this entry »

Tomas Van Houtryve about Kalmykia. Russian version

Earlier this year, I visited one of the most improbable places on Earth, the little-known Republic of Kalmykia.

Located on the arid steppe south of Volgograd, Kalmykia is Europe’s only Buddhist republic.

It also bills itself as a Mecca for chess players. It is the headquarters of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), and a suburb has been built near the capital, Elista, expressly for holding tournaments and offering vacation homes to former champions. The game is mandatory for all Kalmyk school children. Read the rest of this entry »

Inaugural Umada Cup international tournament starting on 14th August

The president of the World Chess Federation and also president of the Republic of Kalmykia, His Excellency Kirsan Ilyumzhinov will be gracing the shores of Trinidad and Tobago for the inaugural Umada Cup international tournament. This will be a special occasion for the chess fraternity as the current FIDE (Federacion Internacional des Echecs) president announced this new tournament-to take place every year in this region–will have an organisation and prize fund of US$40K.

July 6, 2010 The President of FIDE, the Head of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived in Lusaka, capital of Zambia, to participate in a FIDE seminar for leaders of African Chess Federations.

President of FIDE, the Head of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov spoke the guests of the seminar.

Then President of FIDE, the Head of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov took part in the presentation, which was prepared and presented Read the rest of this entry »

On June, 25 FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived in Zagreb, where he had a working meeting with representatives of the Chess Federation of Croatia, reports ‘Susan Polgar Chess Daily News’.

General Secretary Ervin Sindik, a member Read the rest of this entry »

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May 10, 2010, the delegation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, headed by President of Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Minh Triet, arrived for a three day visit to the Republic of Kalmykia, reports news agency KalmykiaNews.

In the evening, for guests were is shown a concert with the participation of the State theater of dance “Oirats”, children’s ensemble “Tyulpanchik” and other artists.

After the concert, Mr. President of Vietnam Read the rest of this entry »

RIA Novosti: Russia’s southern republic of Kalmykia will build a town for Vietnamese immigrants, Kalmyk president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s press secretary said.

Buyancha Galzanov said Ilyumzhanov proposed the town be built during a meeting with Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet, and also suggested the town be named after the Vietnamese president, who supported the idea. Read the rest of this entry »

Sofia: Meeting with the President of Bulgaria Georgi Parvanov. President of Kalmykia, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with the President of Bulgaria Georgi Parvanov today in Sofia.

Georgi Parvanov expressed his satisfaction that Bulgaria will organise the World Championship Match 2010 and he assured the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov that the event will be held successfully and on the highest level.

At the same time, Georgi Parvanov informed the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Read the rest of this entry »

His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Russian Representative Dr. Ngawang Rabgyal visited Elista city, capital of Republic of Kalmykia from 21 to 24th May, reported Central Tibetan Administration (Dharamsala). His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Russian Representative Dr. Ngawang Rabgyal was invited as a guest on the occasion of 400th anniversary of Kalmykia becoming a part of Russian Federation.

On 21 May, the Chairwoman and Vice-Chair of Friends of Tibet Society received Dr. Ngawang Rabgyal with a luncheon meeting where they briefed him about their activities for the cause of Tibet and Tibetans. Read the rest of this entry »

ELISTA, Russia, April 24 (Xinhua) — The Confucius Institute of Russia’s Kalmyk State University was officially founded Friday in Elista, the capital city of the Kalmykia Republic in southern Russia.

Chinese and Russian representatives from the educational circles attended the unveiling ceremony of the institute, which was co-founded by Russia’s Kalmyk State University and China’s Inner Mongolia University. Read the rest of this entry »

Women World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk was the guest of honor in Elista, Republic of Kalmykia, Russia in December 2008.

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov offered a horse as a gift to Alexandra Kosteniuk for her win at the recent world championship.

Women World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk also gave several simuls, including to the School of Iki-Chonos. Read the rest of this entry »

World chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk visited Kalmykia [ De | Ru | Es ]

At the invitation of the President of Kalmykia, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, from 11 to 13 December Kalmyk Republic visited the world chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, reports KalmykiaNews.

During his visit to the Buddhist republic the world chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, met with the students of the Chess Academy of Elista.

World chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk gave two simultaneous display and gave a master class in the Kalmyk National Gymnasium. Read the rest of this entry »

Earth planet: English language school in Elista open and work with the support of the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Embassy in Russia, reports International department of KalmykiaNews. Read the rest of this entry »

American figure skater Michelle Wingshan Kwan visited the city of Elista, the capital of the Republic of Kalmykia.

Michelle Kwan came to the Blessed Kalmykia as Goodwill Ambassador.

Michelle Kwan won all his charm in Kalmykia. In the photo Michelle Kwan plays chess at the Chess Palace. Read the rest of this entry »

From Hannover to Elista – with a new plant. The largest international exhibition of industrial innovations, the Hannover Industrial Trade Fair was closed last week in Germany.

This year was the exhibition’s 60th anniversary was celebrated by over 6,400 business participants from 60 countries, including Russia. Read the rest of this entry »