Republic of Kalmykia

Sport

Automobile Silk Road Rally: The two leaders of the race “Silk Road”, Eduard Nikolayev and Alesh Loprais (InstaForex Loprais team, Tatra) parted with the idea of ​​winning. Eduard Nikolayev half hours chosen from the swamp, Alesh Loprais – from the river. Meanwhile, his first “gold” took Airat Mardeev from KAMAZ team (Kamaz-Master). Read the rest of this entry »

News from rally “Silk Road”. Participants in the rally “Silk Road 2012” arrived one of the most improbable places on Earth, the little-known Republic of Kalmykia (Elista and Yashkul), reported KalmykiaNews.

This exciting race cars and trucks began a ceremony July 7 at the Red Square of Moscow (Russia). Read the rest of this entry »

Free help for making video about blessed Kalmykia, Elista and Chess city New Vasyuki.

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Contact phones:
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The young athlete from Kalmykia Mingiyan Semenov defeated in the finals of the international tournament in Poland (Europe), reported by international news agency KalmykiaNews.

Today, June 24 2012, kalmyk wrestler Semenov Mingiyan defeated fighter from Denmark, and won the gold medal!

Sport, health and success in life were the main priorities of the new generation blessed Kalmykia.

Now, the all Kalmyk people waiting Read the rest of this entry »

Bikers from biker club ‘FireMotors’ from Rostov-on-Don visited Kazan Cathedral in Elista.

Representatives of the biker club ‘FireMotors’ from Rostov-on-Don visited Kazan Cathedral in Elista.

Bikers led by head Sergey Morozov pray at shrines, which are kept in the temple. Read the rest of this entry »

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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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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Silk Way Rally 2012 Route
7-13 July

Moscow – Ryazan
Ryazan – Volgograd
Volgograd – Volgograd
Volgograd – Elista
Elista – Elista
Elista – Maykop
Maykop – Gelendzhik

Total 3823 km. Read the rest of this entry »

The Chessman Cometh [ En | Ru ]

An interview with globe-trotting chess promoter, former president, and freelance diplomat Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

INTERVIEW BY JOSHUA E. KEATING. MAY 9, 2012

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov garners an awful lot of press for the president of the World Chess Federation. But he’s not exactly your average chess buff. From 1993 to 2010, he was president of the Russian republic of Kalmykia and became known for his efforts to transform the remote Buddhist region into an international chess mecca as well as for his frank comments about an encounter with aliens he claims to have had in 1997. (He was also widely criticized for his autocratic rule over the impoverished republic.) Read the rest of this entry »

Stephan Werner, a traveller from Germany, has already reached the city of Astrahan during his bicycle tourist trip. The city is his next destination after Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, which he had passed six days ago. We wish him all the best and successful “travel to the East”. Read the rest of this entry »

Great fighter Batu Khasikov defeated Warren Stevelmans in Elista city, capital of Kalmykia. Read the rest of this entry »

May 4, in Elista will fight Batu Hasikov vs Warren Stevelmans.

Fights Nights in Elista, capital of Kalmykia Republic

Former President of the Republic of Kalmykia and President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited Kiev, the capital of the Ukraine, where he had working meetings with the Minister for Family, Youth and Sports of Ukraine Mr Ravil Safiullin and the leadership of the Ukrainian Chess Federation. Read the rest of this entry »

The 1st of May 10 a.m. an equestrian sport event takes place in an famous village Ergeninsky, Ketchenerov District, Kalmykia. It is dedicated to the Spring and Labour Holiday.

The event program:
Horse races for length 1200m, 1600m, 4800m;
trot races for 3200m length;
horse run for 20 000m length;
Kalmyk wrestling; Read the rest of this entry »

FIDE held it’s Second Quarter Presidential Board Meeting in Elista at the same time as celebrating its President, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s 50th Birthday. Amongst the celebrations, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was awarded the title of Hero of Kalmykia. Read the rest of this entry »