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	Music of Kalmykia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kalmykia is a national republic within the Russian Federation.
		The music of Kalmyks has its roots in the musical culture of Oirats, slightly influenced by Turkic, Caucasusian and Russian music and instrumentation.
		Traditional instruments include the dombra, which is used to accompany dance music.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Kalmykia (248 words)

	Republic of Kalmykia - Kommersant Moscow
		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.
		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.
		The Kalmyks fought with fortitude in the battlefront of war and in the partisan resistance on the steppes of Kalmykia, in Belorussia, Ukraine, the Bryansk woods, etc. Twenty-one men were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
	www.kommersant.com /page.asp?id=-97 (1734 words)

	Dalai Lama Russia Visit - Johnson's Russia List 7-11-02
		I last saw Kalmykia for myself a year after Mr Ilyumzhinov's re-election, and decided it must be quite the most exotic place in the Russian federation.
		Kalmykia now has a national bard, whose voice sounds like "a Harley-Davidson idling at a traffic light", according to one listener.
		In May a senior officer in the anti-corruption department of the federal security service was killed in the Kalmyk capital after he had arrested a senior local policeman suspected of involvement in the drugs trade.
	www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/6348-17.cfm (1066 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Kalmykia
		The Republic of Kalmykia (Kalmyk: Хальмг Таңһч; Респу́блика Калмы́кия) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic).
		After dissolution of the USSR, Kalmykia kept the status of an autonomous republic within the newly formed Russian Federation (effective 31 March 1992).
		Kalmykia staged the 2006 World Chess Championship between Veselin Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Kalmykia (2243 words)

	Music of Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Georgian folk music possesses what may be the oldest continuous tradition of polyphonic music in the world, predating the introduction of Christianity.
		Scales used in traditional Georgian music have, like most European scales, octaves divided into seven tones (eight including the octave), but the spacing of the tones is different.
		Georgia is home to a form of urban music with sentimental, lovelorn lyrics, as well as a more rough and crude urban music featuring clarinets, doli and duduks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Georgia (804 words)

	Republic of Kalmykia \| History
		During the World War II in the Summer 1942 the most part of Kalmykia was occupied by the nazi troops but by the January next year the Soviet army liberated the territory of the republic.
		The Kalmyks fought with fortitude in the battle-front of war and in the partisan resistance in the steppes of Kalmykia, in Belorussia, Ukraine, Bryansk woods, etc. In the battles for Don area and North Caucasus distinguished was the 110 Detached Kalmyk Chivalry Division.
		Approximately 8 thousand of Kalmykia natives were awarded by various orders and medals, 21 men were awarded the title of the Hero of Soviet Union.
	kalm.ru /en/hist.html (845 words)

	Kalmykia information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		What sets Kalmykia apart from its neighbors is the fact that it is the only Buddhist territory in Europe.
		In 1865, Elista, the future capital of Kalmykia was built.
		In 1943 was put directly under control of the central government followed by the deportation of the whole Kalmyk nation without notice to Siberia in cattle trucks in midwinter.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Kalmykia (2045 words)

	Hordes of Kalmykia \| Guardian Weekly \| Guardian Unlimited
		A journalist who visited 400 years later described the place as "more a state of mind", but it is a miracle that even that exists.
		In 1979 he was spotted by the Dalai Lama, who believed him to be the reincarnation of the Buddhist saint Tilopa.
		Kalmykia's president, Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov, who doubles up as the president of the World Chess Federation, takes his religion seriously too.
	www.guardian.co.uk /guardianweekly/story/0,,1882210,00.html (310 words)

	Republic of Kalmykia \| Culture
		Kalmykia holds on work on creating legal, organizational and economic conditions for functioning of the cultural and artistic institutions, preservation and development of the traditional creativity, realization of the state cultural policy, oriented to the preservation of originality of ethnic cultures of peoples living in the republic.
		Propaganda and popularization of traditional culture, promotion of the esthetic taste, attraction to the masterpieces of music and art classics is directed to the activity of professional theaters and companies.
		The ethnic originality of the region required new approaches to the traditional cultures of Kalmykia's peoples that fount a way to express this originality through their ethnic cultural centers.
	kalm.ru /en/culture.html (608 words)

	The New Yorker: PRINTABLES
		He is the ruler of Kalmykia, one of the least well known of Russia’s twenty-one republics.
		Kalmykia is only a few hundred kilometres north of Chechnya, which has been attempting, bloodily, to secede from Russia for three hundred years.
		Kalmykia is the only Buddhist region in the territory of Europe.
	www.newyorker.com /printables/fact/060424fa_fact4 (5380 words)

	Wheaton College: About Wheaton: Dale's dispatches from Kalmykia
		They, like me, think it should be possible for ethnic groups (nationalities) to have two identities, feeling loyalty both to their country and to their group.
		There doesn't seem to be any interest in secession in Kalmykia - as one student said, it is too poor and is dependent on Moscow.
		We continue to learn about the view of the world according to those who live here - with dinner at Natalyia's apartment, another dinner at the apartment of the dean of the Kalmyk and English faculties, and conversations with university faculty, secondary teachers at their spring break workshop, and high school English classes.
	www.wheatoncollege.edu /about/PresidentMarshall/Fulbright/Letter8.html (891 words)

	Spin the Globe World Music CD Reviews February 2005
		While the music isn't as fiery as Tinariwen's desert blues or as poppish as Rai, it's eminently enjoyable, ranging from the sparse, somber "North Africa's Destiny" to the danceable longing of "When You Are Away," a duet with singer Linda.
		Musically the area is fantastically rich, and this selection ranges from Tajik rap to the Presidential Ensemble of Kazakhstan and to the masterful instrumentalists on the long-necked lutes that define the music of the region.
		Listening to Bape one finds oneself instantly immersed in the magic of a musical territory that is truly unique, a place brimming with unusual sounds, colours and perfumes where the circulation and melding of different styles and genres has long been embraced as a necessity rather than the fleeting whim of fashion.
	www.earball.net /spintheglobe/reviews_data_2005/02_05.htm (2167 words)

	Russia - 1000 years of music
		But he continued writing music, and one of his last works was the 2nd symphony, created in 1908, just two years before his death… Miliy Balakirev is a man we shall always be grateful to for that unique miracle – the “Mighty Five”.
		Music born of the ancient legends – perhaps the most lofty and profound, the essential message of which is: a spiritual vanquishing of evil and achieving enlightenment of the human spirit.
		The music is like a vision that carries one away in to the vast cosmic space; a pulsating rhythm of Time itself, submerging us into the mystical Russian history.
	www.vor.ru /English/1000years/1000y-047.html (11446 words)

	Reading the Maps: From Kalmykia to Huntly
		I found out Kalmykia itself was just an empty wasteland, and I became fascinated by its nothingness.
		Take Kalmykia, for instance: this republic in the Caucasus is inhabited by descendants of central Asian nomads who have retained their Buddhist religion and look more like Koreans than Russians.
		Back in the '90s he built a 'chess city' on the barren steppe of Kalmykia for an international tournament in the country.
	readingthemaps.blogspot.com /2006/05/from-kalmykia-to-huntly.html (1374 words)

	Lhasa Apso Stamps
		There are also various cultural and artistic institutuins, 4 theatres, library and museums as well as music and art schools.
		Kalmykia is a republic within the Russian Federation.
		This was abolished during the Second World War, when, in common with many other ethnic minorities, the Kalmyks were deemed to have displayed insufficient enthusiasm for fighting for Communism.
	www.animalstamps.com /lhasas.htm (2352 words)

	Rock Paper Scissors - Various Artists, Sound of the World (Wrasse) - Press Release
		For Gillett the annual CD becomes a summary of his highlights from the year, but for North American ears it is a preview of what is to come.
		In his musical version of table tennis, Gillett spars with his guests by trading turns at the turntable, turning the tables on the traditional interview format.
		of Kalmykia, and of Mongolian descent; and Laye Sowe, whose Sengalese vocals are gently offset by bluesy British collaborators.
	www.rockpaperscissors.biz /index.cfm/fuseaction/current.press_release/project_id/237.cfm (552 words)

	World Music Central - Charlie Gillett Introduces His Favorite Sounds of the World on 2 CDs
		For Gillett, the annual CD becomes a summary of the finest recordings from the year, but for North American ears it is a preview of what is to come.
		About half of the featured artists—from Mali’s Issa Bagayogo to Portugal’s Mariza, from Croatia’s Darko Rundek to Mauritania’s Malouma —were once on Gillett’s radio show, either as performers or as part of his regular ritual known as Radio Ping Pong.
		Lesser-known discoveries include Lebanese rapper Clotaire K; the electronically remixed, spoon-accompanied Gypsy band Shukar Collective; Japan’s ten baritone saxophones known as Tokyo-chutie-iki; the modern throat-singer Okna Tsahan Zam, from the Russian Republic of Kalmykia, and of Mongolian descent; and Laye Sowe, whose Senegalese vocals are gently offset by bluesy British collaborators.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /article.php/20051016100710649 (490 words)

	Culture 02
		In 1987, he was listening to a grammaphone record with music from Tuva, and he thought to hear the voices of his forefathers.
		After one year, he went back to Kalmykia and studied all about the old texts from the Djangar epos.
		I visited him several times in Kalmykia where he is building a Yurtcamp on the steppe.
	www.bobiverson.com /kalmykia/culture02.htm (243 words)

	Central Asian music on the web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		My main interest is in Kazakh, Uzbek, and Karakalpak music, since those are the people and languages I've been most exposed to in Central Asia.
		Kazakh Music - links to several Kazakh Music sites; this is a site from which I got several of these Kazakh music links.
		Music in the Afghan North - Audio/video clip of a Kazakh woman playing dombra.
	www.huttar.net /lars-kathy/c-asia-music.html (489 words)

	Peace to the Coming One ...
		The television competition for the best music, artistic and poetic work devoted to Astrakhan and commemorating the 440th anniversary of the City attracted both the professionals and amateur ensembles who presented their work.
		Our numerous music groups have reached the international level bringing honourable diplomas; the traditional Velimir Khlebnikov's readings are attended by the scientists from Japan, Finland and USA.
		The M.P. Maxakova and V.V. Barsova music vocal festivals are attended by prominent opera singers from Russia, CIS countries, France, Czech Republic, Austria, etc.
	www.unesco.org /cpp/uk/news/bezrukavnikov.htm (1637 words)

	Footnotes to History- K and L
		Before long, most of the people involved with Kuti and his music had moved into a sprawling compound which surrounded the Shrine.
		Increasingly annoyed at Kuti's criticism, the military used his marijuana dealing as a convenient excuse to raid the compound and threaten him in 1974.
		Kalmykia, Republic of- Kalmykia is a remnant of the Mongol Empire near Cossack lands north of the Caucasus.
	www.buckyogi.com /footnotes/natkl.htm (5933 words)

	CONTEXT - This Week in Arts and Ideas from The Moscow Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tuvan throat singing, Buryat folk music, traditional Kalmyk melodies and epic songs passed down by a Buddhist saint who lived nearly 1,000 years ago -- these are some of the highlights of a concert set to take place Saturday night in honor of the Dalai Lama's 70th birthday.
		Musicians from Tuva, Buryatia and Kalmykia are sometimes better known in the West than in Russia.
		Huun-Huur-Tu, an ethnically Tuvan quartet, is "the most famous musical act from the former U.S.S.R. not counting performers of classical music and the pop duo Tatu," states a press release from Tibet House.
	context.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2005/07/01/108.html (893 words)

	Rambles: various artists, Sound of the World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		World music compilations can be tricky to examine and listen to.
		Not only is there a large assortment of countries represented, there are diverse types of music, from folk to dance/electronica.
		As the host of a radio show, he can combine a wide variety of music into a listenable blend, offering many new and interesting discoveries.
	www.rambles.net /va_soundotw05.html (298 words)

	Friends of Tuva Newsletter Issue 8
		The music for the film was scored by Ry Cooder, a guitarist--if you haven't heard of him already--whose music and life is usually described with terms such as "respect," "down-to-earth," and "unpretentious." For many guitar players, he is an incarnation of god.
		But the music of the Tuvans, with its pure harmonics and its firm connection to wide open spaces, seems to be well suited for the film.
		Thus Tuvan music will be the last sounds that people hear in the movie, as the final credits roll, and will no doubt be reverberating in their heads as they wipe their eyes and leave the theater.
	www.fotuva.org /newsletters/fot8.html (4627 words)

	Tibetlink
		Nelung Tsering Topten began studying music, dancing, and singing at the Tibetan Institute of the Performing Arts (TIPA) in Dharamsala, India, at the age of 10.
		Tsering Topten also provides musical support to many Tibetan organizations and events across Europe, and is the producer and featured artist on numerous CDs and tapes, as well as a composer of songs and soundtracks in both traditional and modern styles.
		Lobsang Palden Tawo is widely known for his three albums: Nangma (1982) by the aforementioned music group of the same name; Trinkor I (1985) and Trinkor II (1989).
	www.tibetlink.com /index.php?option=com_artistavenue&Itemid=99999999 (1153 words)

	US Chess Federation: Chess Buzz October 12
		The Kalmykia has a total population of 317,000, three "cities" and a density of 4 people per square kilometer.
		Kalmykia had changed the date of its National Day of Sports to coincide with the Olympiad's revised off-day.
		The main exports from Kalmykia are beef, lamb, milk and wool.
	www.uschess.org /clife/issue78/buzz.html (5468 words)

	Music of Dagestan Biography on DanceAge
		Dagestan - Georgia - Ingushetia - Kalmykia - Krasnodar - Ossetia - Rostov
		Extensive notes about Daghestani music can be found in the liner notes of the CD release Ay Lazzat, Oh Pleasure.
		The disc particularly features the vocals of two famous Daghestani chanteuses, Zuhra Shandieva (1966-1993), who mainly sang traditional music in the Nogai language, and Sanijat Sultanova (b.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Music_of_Dagestan (217 words)

	From Kalmykia With Love
		The current Telo Tulku Rinpoche, or "precious one," is something of a celebrity in the flat Caspian region known as Kalmykia.
		World War II refugees from Kalmykia, his parents were traditional Buddhists, so when their son said that he wanted to be a monk, they sent him to an Indian monastery.
		Sandwiched between often hostile regions, Kalmykia, population 300,000, has historically been at odds with its Slavic and Islamic neighbors.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/2004-07-22/naked.shtml (733 words)

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