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Topic: Kalmykia Republic


  
  Kalmykia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Republic of Kalmykia (Kalmyk: Хальмг Таңһч; Russian: Респу́блика Калмы́кия) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic).
Kalmykia is located on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
Kalmykia's natural resources include coal, oil, and natural gas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kalmykia   (2206 words)

  
 Map of Russia region - The Republic of Kalmykia - short information political economical geographical map of russia and ...
Republic of Kalmykia is situated in the western part of the Pricaspian lowland.
The republic borders on Astrakhanskaya, Volgogradskaya, Rostovskaya, Stavropolsky regions and Republic of Dagestan.
The capital of the republic is the town of Elista.
map.rin.ru /cgi-bin/detals_e.pl?Region=kalmikiya   (389 words)

  
 Kommersant - Russia's Daily Online
// News (Mar. 19, 2004) Republic of Kalmykia // Kalmykia, Republic of (Mar. 10, 2004) Buryat Republic // Buryatia, Republic of (Mar. 10, 2004) Republic of Adygea // Adygea, Republic of (Mar. 09, 2004) Altai (Gorno-Altai) Republic // Altai (Gorno-Altai), Republic of (Mar. 09, 2004)
It borders on Perm and Sverdlov regions in the north, Chelyabinsk Region in the southeast, Orenburg Region in the south and southwest, the Republic of Tatarstan in the west, and the Udmurt Republic in the northwest.
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan, district courts, and magistrates exercise judicial authority in the republic.
www.kommersant.com /tree.asp?rubric=5&node=434&doc_id=-90   (3482 words)

  
 Kommersant - Russia's Daily Online
Kalmykia is situated in the steppe, semidesert, and desert zones and occupies a total area of 75 900 square km, which is larger than such European nations as Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland and the Netherlands together.
It borders on Rostov Region in the west, Volgograd Region in the north and northwest, Astrakhan Region in the east, the Republic of Dagestan in the south and Stavropol Territory in the southwest.
In the south, the territory of Kalmykia borders upon the Kuma-Manych depression and the Manych and Kuma rivers; in the southwest it is washed by Caspian Sea; the northwest part of Kalmykia's territory lies in the Yergeninky Hills.
www.kommersant.com /tree.asp?rubric=5&node=441&doc_id=-97   (1734 words)

  
 Embassy of Republic of Kalmykia at the President of Russian Federation
The Republic of Kalmykia stretches to the south-east of the European part of Russia between the Volga and Don rivers.
Its eastern border with Astrakhanskii region is interrupted by a narrow opening to the Volga river, in the south-east it is washed by the Caspian Sea.
The distance between Moscow and Elista (the capital of the republic) is 1836 km.
www.kalmykiaembassy.ru /html/eindex.html   (240 words)

  
 World congress on language policies
One of the priority of language policy in Kalmykia is to pass mother tongue on to younger generations.
By the Government of the Republic there has been organized the Kalmyk terminology Committee, the main activity of which is formation, discussion, approval of new terms in the fields of politics, economics, science and etc. The Committee works in cooperation with the native speakers, taking into consideration their comments.
For the last decade of the XX century there can be noted a growing interest of the indigenous population in its native language and national culture and under the influence of a growing national awareness, a revival of the national culture, traditions supported by the official status Kalmyk language is expanding its spheres of functioning.
www.linguapax.org /congres/taller/taller3/Bitkeeva.html   (2306 words)

  
 Republic of Kalmykia - ChessFidelity
Kalmykia's region is situated in the steppe, semidesert and desert zones.
Kalmykia is one of the 22 regions of Russian Federation where the birth rates exceed the level of 10.0 per thousand
The average January temperatures are negative throughout the whole republic: -7о to -9о in the South and South West and -10о to -12о in the North.
www.chessfidelity.com /team.php?txt_id=59   (357 words)

  
 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Kalmykia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
KALMYKIA [Kalmykia] or Republic of Kalmykia-Khalmg-Tangeh, constituent republic (1990 est.
Lying mostly in the vast depression of the N Caspian lowland, Kalmykia is largely a steppe and desert area.
The republic was a signatory, under the name Republic of Kalmykia-Khalmg-Tangeh, to the Mar. 31, 1992, treaty that created the Russian Federation (see Russia).
www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Kalmykia.asp   (498 words)

  
 Republic of Kalmykia | Religion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
By 1940 all the Buddhist temples in Kalmykia were closed or destroyed and all the priesthood subjected to opression.
The basic elements of traditional religions are taught in schools within the framework of the optional course "History of the homeland" in the historical and informative aspect.
Kalmykia is the region where the title-making ethnic group, Kalmyks, belong to the group of Mongolian speaking people.
kalm.ru /en/religion.html   (905 words)

  
 Embassy of Republic of Kalmykia at the President of Russian Federation
In December of 1943 Kalmyk ASSR due to erroneous accusations was abolished and the Kalmyk repressed and exiled to Siberia.
For Kalmykia it meant October of 1991 when Kalmyk ASSR was declared Kalmyk SSR within the RSFSR, later in February of 1992 becoming the Republic of Kalmykia.
The fact that the head of the republic was elected the president of the World Chess Federation, FIDE is the proof that Russia's contribution to the world chess movement and development of chess in Kalmykia is highly evaluated by the world community together with the support for the democratic changes in the Russian Federation.
www.kalmykiaembassy.ru /html/ehistory.html   (962 words)

  
 Footnotes to History- K and L
Kalmykia, Republic of- Kalmykia is a remnant of the Mongol Empire near Cossack lands north of the Caucasus.
Karabakh, Republic of- Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh seceded in January of 1992 from Azerbaijan when Azerbaijan's president declared that Karabakh was under his direct personal control.
Kawthoolei, Republic of- The Karens are a tribe of eastern Burma.
www.buckyogi.com /footnotes/natkl.htm   (5933 words)

  
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NEW YORK, USA -- Buddhist citizens of the Russian Republic of Kalmykia are dismayed that this year also they will not be able to receive teaching from their spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
On 21 June, a team of eight Tibetans from the Tibet Autonomous Region descended on the republic, charged with the task of weaning the devotion and reverence of the Kalmyk Buddhists away from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Scheduled to leave Kalmykia on 25 June, the delegation is headed by Jampa Phuntsok, Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Government, and chaperoned by Chinese Ambassador Liu Guchang.
www.buddhistnews.tv /current/kalmykia-250604.php   (495 words)

  
 Leader of Kalmyk republic blackmails the Kremlin - Pravda.Ru
Meanwhile, in republic's capital Elista political hunger-strike with the demand to dismiss President Kirsan Ilyumdzhinov, is in progress.
Republic's law-enforcers are involved in prosecuting Ilyumdzhinov's opponents.
The economy of the republic is not developing on the market basis, Kalmykia is the last in Russia in all basic economic indicators.
english.pravda.ru /main/18/88/351/13074_Ilyumdzhinov.html   (902 words)

  
 Kalmykia (Russia)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The flag of the Republic of Kalmykia was adopted 30 July 1993.
The National flag of the Republic of Kalmykia — Khalmg Tangch — Ulan zalata khalmg is a rectangular panel of golden-yellow, in the middle of which is a sky-blue circle with a white lotus constisting of nine petals.
Article 158: The National flag of the Republic of Kalmykia — Khalmg Tangch is a rectangular panel consisting of three horizontal stripes: the upper one is sky-blue, the middle one is golden-yellow and the lower one is scarlet.
flagspot.net /flags/ru-kl.html   (807 words)

  
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Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of the 11th (1985 &endash; 1990) and the 12th (1990 &endash; 1995) convocations and of the State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia the 1st convocation.
In January 1995 was elected the Head of the State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia and on September 22, the same year at the Constitutional Assembly &endash; the Head of the Republic of Mordovia.
In 1990, was elected the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
www.chez.com /feds/russia1.htm   (1977 words)

  
 NOVES SL. HIVERN-PRIMAVERA 2001. LANGUAGE POLICY AND MINORITY LANGUAGE PLANNING IN RUSSIA (5)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
A concrete, planned language reform began in 1993 when, in accordance with the President's program for the Republic, a number of the most important decrees of the President of the Republic of Kalmykia and government regulations on the ethnic and cultural revival of the people were adopted.
At the present time the system of education in the Republic includes two national elementary schools, 142 national classes in elementary schools, 121 national groups in pre-schools, all with the Kalmyk language as a means of instruction.
Article 3 of the Law declares Kalmyk and Russian to be the state languages of the Republic and "guarantees the revival, preservation and development of languages as a most important element of the spiritual heritage of the peoples living in the Republic".
www6.gencat.net /llengcat/noves/hm01hivern-primavera/internacional/kornou5_9.htm   (513 words)

  
 Arts in Republic of Kalmykia (Directory/Europe/Russia/Republic of Kalmykia/Arts)
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Russia - The Republic of Kalmykia - RussiaTrek.com.
The area of the Republic of Kalmykia is 76,100 km2.
worldwidirectory.com /Europe/Russia/Republic.of.Kalmykia/Arts/...   (501 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Country profiles | Regions and territories: Kalmykia
The Republic of Kalmykia is a constituent republic of the Russian Federation situated south of the Volga on the north-western shores of the Caspian Sea.
When Larisa Yudina, editor of the republic's only opposition newspaper and one of his harshest critics was murdered in 1998, he strenuously rejected allegations of involvement.
Kalmykia's local state radio and TV broadcasters are affiliated to the All-Russia State TV and Radio Company, VGTRK.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/4580467.stm   (685 words)

  
 Qing Dynasty Article, QingDynasty Information
The Qing was the last imperial dynasty of China, its emperors occupyingtheir capital, Beijing, from 1644 until 1912, when, in the aftermath of the 1911 revolution, a new Republic of China was established and the the last emperor abdicated.
It was and remains the position of Mongols and Tibetan nationalists, that because they owed allegiance to the Qing monarch in a personalcapacity, that with the abdication of the Qing, they owed no allegiance to the Chinese state.
This position was rejected by thenew Republic of China and subsequent People's Republic of China which have claimed thatthese areas remained integral parts of China.
www.anoca.org /china/manchu/qing_dynasty.html   (3552 words)

  
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The project is aimed at stabilizing desertification processes and rehabilitation of degraded land resources of Black Lands in the Republic of Kalmykia through a selection and implementation of technologies for forest reclamation of arid regions.
The project «Rehabilitation of Black Lands Subject to Desertification in the Republic of Kalmykia» is included in the National Program of Action to Combat Desertification in «Rehabilitation of Black Lands Subject to Desertification in the Republic of Kalmykia» approved by the Government of the Republic of Kalmykia and highly appreciated by UNEP experts.
Potential for reproducing the proposed project in all regions of Black Lands in the Republic of Kalmykia and arid regions of Russia and CIS states.
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 Visit Siberia Ltd. :: Russia inside :: Dagestan republic
The republic borders on Kalmykia in the north, on Stavropol territory, the Chechen republic and Georgia in the west, on Azerbaijan in the south.
Average temperature of January varies from -5°C in the north up to 1°C on the Caspian lowland (near delta of the River Samura), average temperature of July 25°C. Average amount of precipitations is 200-400 mm.
Favorable natural and economic conditions of the republic have become the reason for priority of agricultural development with specialization on viniculture, gardening, vegetable growing.
visitsiberia.com /russia/region.php?r=5   (315 words)

  
 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Demonstrations in the Chess Republic
A few weeks ago there was political unrest in Kalmykia, over what opposition parties there perceive as dubious ballot results in the recent parliamentary elections to the Duma.
Kalmykia and FIDE, the governing chess body, both share a president in the shape of Kirsan Illyumzhinov.
Kalmyk opposition leaders immediately concluded that the count was grossly exaggerated, alleging that the result had been falsified and asking that it be declared null and void.
www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=1384   (438 words)

  
 ChessBase.com - Chess News - Election '06: All about Kirsan and Kalmykia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
On October 22, 1935 the region was elevated to republic status Kalmyk Autonomous Republic within the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, which has become the modern day Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Kalmykia today has a population of just 290,000 people, half of whom are Kalmyk (the rest are mostly Russian and Caucasian).
Kalmykia is now one of Russia’s poorest republics with an average monthly income of £55 and a desperate shortage of labour.
www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=3031   (1114 words)

  
 NOVES SL. HIVERN-PRIMAVERA 2001. LANGUAGE POLICY AND MINORITY LANGUAGE PLANNING IN RUSSIA (1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Its aim is to overview the approach chosen by one of the member republics of Russia namely the Republic of Kalmykia for the maintenance and development of the language of the titular nation.
The case of Kalmykia can be interesting from the point of view that the mother tongue of the titular nation here can be considered one of the most endangered languages of Russia.
The former republics of the Soviet Union started one by one adopt language laws that proclaimed the languages of the titular nations the state languages.
www6.gencat.net /llengcat/noves/hm01hivern-primavera/internacional/kornou1_9.htm   (747 words)

  
 Predator - Kirsan Iliumjinov (Kalmykia Republic – Russian Federation)
Kalmukia is a small Russian republic located at the mouth of the Volga River on the Caspian Sea.
The head of state, who brags about being the president of the International Chess Federation and of having made his republic attractive to foreign investors, does not accept even the slightest criticism.
Editor-in-chief of the Republic's opposition newspaper, Sovietskaia Kalmykia Sevodnia, she was kidnapped and murdered in June of 1998 in Elista, the Republic's capital.
www.rsf.org /rsf/uk/Predateurs/html/Ilioumjinov.html   (172 words)

  
 Buddhist Channel | Europe | The Dream World of the Russian Buddhist Republic of Kalmykia
What makes Kalmykia strikingly different is the presence of two lion-hearted people devoted to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and committed to serve their people whatever happens.
Together, they built 29 Buddhist shrines in Kalmykia, and were the only people in Russia who were discouraged by year after year coldhearted refusals they got every time they applied for a visa for their Tibetan spiritual leader.
This is the Russian Buddhist republic of Kalmykia, the country where Tibetan Buddhism was widely spread for many centuries and where it can definitely flourish again.
www.buddhistchannel.tv /index.php?id=3,2160,0,0,1,0   (1632 words)

  
 Embassy of Republic of Kalmykia at the President of Russian Federation
Permanent Representation of the Republic of Kalmykia Representation at the President of Russian Federation is an executive organ of the Republic of Kalmykia which is to coordinate joint activity of both Federative state organs and the Republic of Kalmykia's.
The Representation acts in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation and Stepnoye Ulozheniye (Basic Law) of the Republic of Kalmykia as well as Russian Federation and Kalmykia's Legislation and by decrees of Russia's and Kalmykia's Presidents and resolution of the Governments of Russian Federation and the Republic of Kalmykia.
The Representation arranges the performances of artistic groups of the Republic of Kalmykia and finds obtions for professional training of the specialists from Kalmykia at Moscow and other educational centres of Russian Federation.
www.kalmykiaembassy.ru /html/eproblems.html   (347 words)

  
 RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Last month, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov sparked a furious response from Moscow when he said his southern republic could loosen ties with the center and seek a downgrading of its status to an associate membership in the federation.
Ilyumzhinov was elected in 1993, after promising he would turn the republic into a "second Kuwait." He declared an offshore zone in the republic and companies that register there -- some 5,000 to date, according to "Expert" -- are freed from most Russian taxes.
Western correspondents recently returned from the republic say many people there have been unpaid for years and the average income is reportedly less than 15 dollars per month.
www.rferl.org /features/1998/12/F.RU.981203131311.asp   (659 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Kalmykia
Kalmykia KALMYKIA [Kalmykia] or Republic of Kalmykia-Khalmg-Tangeh, constituent republic (1990 est.
Land and People Lying mostly in the vast depression of the N Caspian lowland, Kalmykia is largely a
Mongols MONGOLS [Mongols], Asian people, numbering about 6 million and distributed mainly in the Republic of Mongolia, the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China, and Kalmykia and the Buryat Republic of Russia.
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