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City day of Elista
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Welcome to Elista! Welcome to Kalmykia!

September 28, 2012, in the city of Elista, capital of Kalmykia, will be held a national cultural and sports festival “Dzhangariada” called “To the glory of the Fatherland.”

Cultural and sports festival “Dzhangariada” will be held at Elista racetrack, reported KalmykiaNews. Read the rest of this entry »

Ensemble of folk dance “Jangar” from Elista in Kalmykia (Russia) performed at the Festival in Netherlands.

SIVO-festival in Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands – performance 01.08.2012.

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Former president of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov – Honorary Citizen of the city of Burgas.

On the 26th of July the 1st President of Kalmykia, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov paid an official visit to Bulgaria, where in Sofia he met with the Bulgarian Prime-Minister H.E. Boyko Borisov. During the meeting the issues of chess development as well as possibilities of investment projects realization in Bulgaria by international business circles were discussed.

In particular, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov informed the Bulgarian Prime-Minister on a project which is being undertaken by him alongside his European business partners, in respect of the investments into the economy of Bulgaria – tourism, gas station network modernization etc. Read the rest of this entry »

Czech Television makes film about Kalmykia. Today, 16 of July the city of Elista (Kalmykia) has been visited Czech Television ceskatelevize.cz, says the Kalmyk information and touristic centre “www.Kalmykia.EU”.

In the buddhist Elista, the foreign television “Česká televize” had been met by the official Kalmyk representatives from the support fund of the Republic of Kalmykia and from companies Read the rest of this entry »

Holiday on the Black sea. Welcome to trip on the seaside of Black sea (Russia): Sochi, Gelendzhik, Tuapse, Dzhubga.

Vacation on the beach with 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.

Themes for example: buddhism, buddhist rituals, kalmyk etnoculture, kalmyk chessmasters, kalmyk champions, kalmyk business, kalmyk kitchen, tibetan kitchen.

Sandji Buvaev (page in Facebook)
Contact phones:
+7 (961) 548-54-20 in Elista, Kalmykia Read the rest of this entry »

The trip was very exciting and interesting. I never thought that such an unusual city as Elista is so close to Volgograd. Elista is different from all the cities in the country by its eastern atmosphere. As if you find yourself in the eastern dragon tale with pagodas …

In general, Kalmykia, I think, a real paradise for tourists. There are many opportunities for almost any type of vacation.

We were particularly impressed by their originality capital of Kalmykia – Elista. Unlike the cities of Central Russia, Elista is fully saturated with religious culture. Wherever I look – everywhere there are elements of Buddhism. 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 representatives of the “National Geographic” magazine have come to Kalmykia.

The representatives of the “National Geographic” magazine linguists Dr. David Harrison and Dr. Anderson, photographer Chris Rainier, and Jeremy Fahringer have come to Kalmykia in order to to get acquainted with the speakers of the national language.The linguists and anthropologists came to the steppe Read the rest of this entry »

Letter from a girl who made ​​a trip to Elista. Development Fund for Tourism of the Republic of Kalmykia has received a letter from a girl who made ​​a trip to Elista. [ De | Fr | Es | Ru ]

Arriving in Elista, leaving their belongings in the hotel and went to see khurul (temple). Upon entering the courtyard my breath, the dream has come true, I’m on the verge of khurul! The building is magnificent and very beautiful.

Khurul (temple) walked around, turning the drums and looking around the yard. The soul rejoices! After visiting the monastery, there was a feeling that all the dear, kind of like back home. Sitting at prayer service, Read the rest of this entry »