Republic of Kalmykia

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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 »

Head of the Republic of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov expressed official thanks to the head of the Agency of Employment and Labour of the Republic of Kalmykia Alexander Umgaev and Olga Burninova (head of the department) Read the rest of this entry »

Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev visited Orthodox chapel and Central Buddhist temple of Kalmykia (kalmyk khurul).

Rashid Nurgaliyev is located in Kalmykia with brief working visit. In Elista Rashid Nurgaliev held meetings of the antiterrorist commission and Operations Staff, which was attended by representatives of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee and the Southern Federal District, reports KalmykiaNews agency.

After the meeting, Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev with President of FIDE and Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Read the rest of this entry »

Vice President of the Russian Chess Federation, President of the Kalmyk Chess Federation Mr. Valery Bovaev is appointed Vice Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Kalmykia, Head of the Governmental Administration of the Republic of Kalmykia.

In this connection, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov congratulated this outstanding chess organizer with the appointment. Read the rest of this entry »

Steven Seagal has visited Kalmykia attractions [ De | Ru | Es | Fr ]

Professional movie fighter, star of Hollywood – Steven Seagal arrived in Kalmykia, reported KalmykiaNews. One Read the rest of this entry »

On November 20 Steven Seagal – famous Hollywood actor and Buddhism follower – arrived to the Republic of Kalmykia of the RF to visit the biggest in Europe Buddhist temple and to attend student Europe Boxing Cup in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia.

According to the press-service of the republic’s head Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Steven Seagal has been a Buddhist follower for a long time and is interested in development Read the rest of this entry »

Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull travels to the Republic of Kalmykia to meet Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the president of the only Buddhist state in Europe.

Rosenergomash Concern and the Kalmyk Republic Government commence construction of a new electrical engineering plant.

Kirsan Ilumzhinov, the Head of the Kalmyk Republic, the President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), and Vladimir Palikhata, the President of Rosenergomash Concern, signed an agreement for construction of Elista Energomash plant at the Hannover Industrial Trade Fair.

Russian Rosenergomash Concern and the Government of the Kalmyk Republic signed an agreement for construction of Elista Energomash plant to manufacture electrical engineering equipment in Kalmykia at the world’s largest International Industrial Trade Fair in Hannover (Germany). This agreement Read the rest of this entry »

November 30, 2006. Interfax. The Buddhist spiritual leader, His Holiness Dalai Lama, has been presented with a White Lotus order, the highest award in Russia’s republic of Kalmykia, “for his outstanding merits and considerable contribution to the spiritual revival and prosperity of the republic,” the Kalmykia president’s press service Read the rest of this entry »

The Russian republic of Kalmykia and the Czech company Falcon Capital plan to build three wind farms in the republic at a total cost of over 150 million Euro, Kalmykia Economics Minister Vladimir Sengleev told journalists in Elista.

He said Kalmykia President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Falcon Capital CEO Jozef Cimbora signed an agreement of intent in Prague last Friday to implement an investment project to produce electricity in Kalmykia at wind plants with a total capacity of 150 megawatts. Read the rest of this entry »

King of Kalmykia

Tom Parfitt
The Guardian, Thursday 21 September 2006

Life is not all plain sailing for Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the flamboyant leader of the Russian republic of Kalmykia. For a start, his Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit II needs constant repairs thanks to the rutted roads of his impoverished fiefdom. And then there is the danger of alien abduction. He has already been pressganged into one trip on a UFO – in Read the rest of this entry »

BBC News

Russia says it is granting a visa to the Tibetan exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, for the first time since the collapse of the USSR.

This will allow him to visit the large Buddhist population in southern Kalmykia region.

Dalai Lama visited Soviet Russia in 1991, but since then Moscow has bowed to Chinese pressure and denied him a visa. Read the rest of this entry »

Businessmen from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are ready to assist in the development of International Airport ‘Elista’.

This was announced the head of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates, the head of Immigration Service of Dubai (UAE) Saeed Matar Saeed Bin Belaila at a press conference in Elista during the visit to Kalmykia. Read the rest of this entry »

Investigative reporters are the poster-children of the journalistic world. Political reporters get to rub shoulders with the high ‘n’ mighty, business journalists rub shoulders with the titans of the corporate world, those on the society beat get to attend the fanciest parties, but at the end of the day it is everyone’s dream to make his or her name as an investigator. Read the rest of this entry »

In 2002 President of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited Dalai Lama XIV in Dharamsala (Dharmasala) to deliver in invitation to the Teacher to visit Kalmykia in September 2002, reported Kalmyk NewsPaper.

During his visits the President of the Republic of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov informed Dalai Lama XIV about the spiritual and social-economic programs Read the rest of this entry »