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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 »

Wrestler from Kalmykia Mingiyan Semenov defeated on the Olympic Games in London 2012.

In first struggle young kalmyk russian wrestler Mingiyan Semenov meets with wrestler Rovshan Bayramov (Azerbaydzhan). Read the rest of this entry »

Ngawang Wangyal [ De ]
(Wylie: Ngag-dbang Dbang-rgyal) (c. 1901-1983), popularly known as “Geshe Wangyal,” was a Buddhist priest and scholar of Kalmyk origin who was born in the Astrakhan province in southeast Russia sometime in 1901. 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 »

Asian Confederation Women”s Boxing Championship will held in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, from March 16 to 26. The tournament is a preparatory event for women pugilists participating in the first and only Olympic qualifying tournament – the AIBA World Championships — to be held from May 9-20 in Qinhuangdao, China.

The Asian Championships have always been a happy hunting ground for Indian women pugilists. The sport made its continental debut with Read the rest of this entry »

The first President of Kalmykia, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov working visit to Shenzhen city (China), where he attended the opening ceremony of the Second chess tournament among women from the Grand Prix FIDE.

The opening ceremony of the Second chess tournament among women in a series of FIDE Grand Prix Read the rest of this entry »

13th meeting of the Goose Specialist Group

From Thursday 24 March to Tuesday 29 March 2011 the 13th meeting of the Goose Specialist Group of the IUCN-SSC was held in conjunction with the 4th meeting of the Russian Goose, Swan and Duck Study Group (GSDSG) of northern Eurasia in Elista, Kalmykia (Russian Federation).

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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 »

Exopolitics (literally politics out of this world) has become a buzz word among some ufologists in the U.S., Europe and Latin America, but in Russia’s rough and tumble political world the subject of alien abductions erupted without any need of lobbyists calling for UFO disclosure.

The international media reported widely last May that Andrei Lebedev, a member of Parliament for the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party, wrote a letter to President Medvedev in reaction to a disclosure by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, head of the Buddhist Kalmykia region in southern Russia, Read the rest of this entry »

Photo exhibition [ De | Es ]

In the Central Kalmyk Temple in Elista, capital of Kalmykia, was opened photo exhibition of Rostov photographer Roman Anoschenko “The Many Faces of Buddha”.

The exhibition of photographer Roman Anoschenko “The Many Faces of Buddha” includes photos taken by the author during his pilgrimages to Buddhist countries – India, Thailand, Nepal, Burma, Sri Lanka, China. 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 »

Prague, Czech Republic, 1 December 2008 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Prague, the capital of Czech Republic on November 29 morning from Frankfurt by a private plane. His Holiness is in Prague at the invitation of former President Vaclav Havel and Forum2000 from 29 November to 1 December 2008.

His Holiness was received at the airport by the Indian Embassy’s First Secretary and Mr. Olda Cerny Executive Director of Forum2000. On arrival at the hotel, His Holiness was welcomed by the members of the Tibetan Community.

While speaking to the Czech TV, His Holiness spoke about his long association with Czech Republic and especially with President Havel. His Holiness also spoke about the present dialogue with China. This is His Holiness’ seventh visit to Czech Republic. Read the rest of this entry »

Celebrating a birthday, enlightenment and passing away of the Buddha Sakyamuni parinirvana in Elista, resulted in an unforgettable celebration in honor of the three signs of Teachers. His magnificently celebrated in many Buddhist countries. Since 2000, this holiday is officially included in the calendar of UNESCO.

Congratulated the residents and visitors with a bright celebration of Kalmykia Republic of Kalmykia President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Key in his speech became a phrase: “We pray that His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama arrived in Elista in September after the Beijing Olympics.” Among the VIP-persons present at the ritual service, was a famous traveler Fyodor Konyukhov. Making the circuit around statues of the Buddha, he made three bows are Buddhist. Now he will have a hard task – to walk in the footsteps Oirats from China to Russia. Read the rest of this entry »

Famous russian traveler Fedor Konyukhov will travel along the Silk Road by camel.

Fyodor Konyukhov collected in 2009, an expedition by camel along the Silk Road, reports KalmykiaNews.

The journey will be timed the 400th anniversary of the entry of Kalmykia in Russia.

Journey begins in Kalmykia, his route will pass Read the rest of this entry »

The Government of Kalmykia and the Austrian company Diamond Aircraft intend to establish a joint venture for assembling light-engine airplanes in the Kalmykia republic.

July 3, AVIA.RU – The Government of Kalmykia and the Austrian company Diamond Aircraft intend to establish a joint venture assembly of light-engine aircrafts in the republic, hoping to come up with this product to the private market and in the small special aviation field, informs the newspaper “Kommersant” in Volgograd.

The Austrian company Diamond Aircraft is considering building a factory in the territory of Kalmykia’s to assembly light-engine aircraft, manufacturing of aircraft propellers and wings for wind power mills. Diamond Aircraft visited the Kalmykia republic on a working visit and met with local authorities Read the rest of this entry »