Republic of Kalmykia

Tourism

[ Ru ] President of the international organization of FIDE, the former head of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Russia Mr. Udayanga Weeratunga.

Were to discuss the transfer of the Bodhi tree sapling with a view to its subsequent delivery to Kalmykia.

“It is proposed that the ceremony will be held in February this year in Colombo. Bodhi tree – the legendary tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment” Read the rest of this entry »

Topic of my discussion is about me, because I have unusual life story.

My name is Olga. My family is good and successful; my parents brought me up as a kind, helpful and clever girl. At school I always studied hard and my mother took me to different societies: to art school, to the center for talented children for learning English and computer classes, bell dances. To tell the truth, I felt myself as a “blue stocking”, I had no private life and friends, but after finishing school my life abruptly changed. Read the rest of this entry »

Mystical creatures and bone of virgin waiting for You!
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Welcome to kalmyk museum!

It is safe with us!

Russian politician Irina Khakamada: Kalmykia amazed me [ De | Ru | Fr | Es ]

Russian politician Irina Khakamada: Cheerful small nation

East – a delicate matter. This is common knowledge. But one thing – to talk about it, and quite another – encounter this subtlety in life. Read the rest of this entry »

Many tourists have asked me this question: When time of flowering tulips in Kalmykia? Therefore, I decided to write for all at once.
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Flowering tulips in Kalmykia starts around at the end of April – early May. Therefore, usually residents of Republic of Kalmykia and the tourists travel to the spring blooming steppe to admire the blooming tulips on May holidays (from 1 to 10 May).

The time of flowering of wild tulips in Kalmykia may change depending on how early or late spring begin. If the spring is Read the rest of this entry »

Fly from Istanbul to Krasnodar with Pegasus and go to Elista, buddhist capital of Europe.

Istanbul-Krasnodar-Istanbul 100 euro Read the rest of this entry »

Photo exhibition

Photo exhibition “The hidden Republic – Pictures from Kalmykia” was opened in Denmark. Kasper Boye told about Kalmykia.

Kalmykia is Europe’s only Buddhist nation. It is located on the North Caucasus – with almost equidistant to the Black Sea in the west, the Caspian Sea in the east, Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) in the north and the conflict-ravaged Chechnya in the south.

Kalmykia is a republic in the Russian Federation. They have their own parliament, but the political leader appointed from Moscow. Read the rest of this entry »

On the 8 of December all Kalmykia celebrate a big kalmyk holiday – the Kalmykian New Year.

In late October Kasper Boye, Sune Gjerding and Maj Jeanne traveled to Kalmykia (Russia) to document this small republic, said representative of International department of KalmykiaTour company to KalmykiaNews agency.

We have now returned mystified by a country providing more questions than answers. A place where people seem to have lost their innocence despite their incomprehensible story where the main dynamometer cityscape made ​​up of equal parts of Buddhist monuments, the KGB buildings and chess-pieces-board-enthusiasm. Read the rest of this entry »

Foreign princes traveled to Buddhist Republic of Kalmykia at the invitation of the former President of the Republic of Kalmykia, President of the World Chess Federation FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the billionaire. Read the rest of this entry »

Film about tour in Kalmykia from Czech Television www.CeskaTelevize.cz is very interesting, beautiful and sapid. The film is made with the free support of KalmykiaTour.com and Fund.

Film about tour in Kalmykia

Scenario Jaroslav Jindra
Dramatist Jan Tobias
Art director Vit Belohradsky
and Read the rest of this entry »

European tourists have meeting with simple kalmykian people near KGB office in blessed Kalmykia, write KalmykiaTour paper.

European tourists learned stories about Soviet Union and soviet period. Read the rest of this entry »

Tourism in Kalmykia: Today, the former Deputy of State Duma of Russia, television star of Baltic States Alexandra Burataeva visited Republic of Kalmykia, said representative of International department of KalmykiaTour company to KalmykiaNews agency.

During this visit TV star Alexandra Burataeva visited the central temple of Kalmykia “Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni” (main buddhist temple of Europe), informed KalmykiaNews agency. Read the rest of this entry »

On 23 of October the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (First President of Kalmykia) had a working visit to Dubai.

The FIDE President billionaire Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (First President of Kalmykia) had a meeting with Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the United Arab Emirates. A chess development in the country was discussed during the meeting. A special attention was paid to the introduction of chess to the school curriculum.

On the same day FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov left for Damascus Read the rest of this entry »

The Chinese delegation is headed by the Director of the Institute of Contemporary China Tibetology Research Center in Beijing, Mr. Lien Syanminem visited the Republic of Kalmykia.

At the request of guests Kalmykia delegation arrived in order to exchange views with their Russian counterparts on the Tibet issue, and religious affairs, and to promote Read the rest of this entry »