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    Kalmykia, officially the Republic of Kalmykia, is a republic of Russia, located in the North Caucasus region of Southern Russia. The republic is part...
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    identified themselves as Buddhist. They live in Kalmykia, a federal subject of Russia in the southwest. Kalmykia borders Dagestan to the south, Stavropol Krai...
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    Kalmyk: Элст, Elst, [ɛləsˈtə]) is the capital city of the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. It was known as Stepnoy (Степно́й) from 1944 to 1957. Elista was...
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    China (N = 194,891). Ethnic groups of Oirat speakers in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia (N = 162,740) include Torguts, Derbets and Buzavas, together with...
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    The flag of Kalmykia consists of a yellow field with a sky blue circle in the center containing a lotus. The yellow stands for the sun, the people and...
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    Astrakhan Oblast Russia Kalmykia Volgograd Oblast Kazakhstan West Kazakhstan Province Atyrau Province Volgograd Oblast Russia Kalmykia Astrakhan Oblast Rostov...
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    The State Anthem of Kalmykia is the regional anthem of the Republic of Kalmykia, a federal subject of Russia. It was composed by Arkady Mandzhiev and...
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    heritage. Besides the historical monastic traditions of Buryatia, Tuva and Kalmykia (the latter being the only Buddhist-majority republic in Europe), the religion...
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    Map of the Republic of Kalmykia...
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    The Kalmykia (former MPK-229) is a Parchim-class corvette in the Soviet Navy and later Russian Navy. Developed in the GDR by specialists from the Zelenodolsk...
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    The People's Khural (Parliament) of the Republic of Kalmykia is the regional parliament of Kalmykia, a federal subject of Russia. It consists of 27 deputies...
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    The Head of Kalmykia is an elected official who serves as the head of state of Kalmykia. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, three people have served...
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  • Territorial disputes between Kalmykia and Astrakhan Oblast, two federal subjects in southwestern Russia, refer to a number of land claims expressed by...
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    Krai Tselinny District, Republic of Kalmykia, an administrative and municipal district of the Republic of Kalmykia Tselinny District, Kurgan Oblast, an...
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  • The music of Kalmykia, a national republic within Russia, has roots in the musical culture of the Oirats. Traditional instruments include the dombra, which...
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    This is a list of diplomatic missions of Moldova. The landlocked country of Moldova, sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, has a handful of embassies...
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    The Kalmykia constituency (No.15) is a Russian legislative constituency covering the entirety of Kalmykia. No.14 in 1993-2003 appointed Deputy Prime Minister...
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    Ossetia–Alania, Ingushetia, Chechnya, and Republic of Dagestan and to the north: Kalmykia. Geographically, the term North Caucasus also refers to the northern slope...
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  • the administrative center of Chernozemelsky District of the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. Population: 4,525 (2010 Census); 3,983 (2002 Census); 4,050 (1989...
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    is practised in the Himalayan states as well as in Mongolia and Russian Kalmykia. Japanese Shingon also preserves the Vajrayana tradition as transmitted...
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    Georgia to the south and southwest, the Russian republics of Chechnya and Kalmykia to the west and north, and with Stavropol Krai to the northwest. Makhachkala...
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    Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as Buryatia and Kalmykia republics of Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large...
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    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Russia face severe legal and social challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents...
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    Buddhism, which are minority religions, except in Russia's Republic of Kalmykia, where Tibetan Buddhism is the majority religion. A large and increasing...
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    In the Russian Federation, law enforcement is the responsibility of a variety of different agencies. The Russian police (formerly the militsiya) are the...
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    Republics Cheboksary, Chuvashia Cherkessk, Karachay-Cherkessia Elista, Kalmykia Grozny, Chechnya Izhevsk, Udmurtia Kazan, Tatarstan Magas, Ingushetia Makhachkala...
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  • and the administrative center of Lagansky District in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia, located a few kilometers from the Caspian Sea. Population: 14...
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    Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Russia Buryatia Kalmykia Tuva (ru) Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Tibet Vietnam Africa Senegal...
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    October 1990, the declaration of the sovereignty and transformation of Kalmykia into a Soviet Socialist Republic by the Kalmyk Supreme Soviet was accepted...
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    Republics Cheboksary, Chuvashia Cherkessk, Karachay-Cherkessia Elista, Kalmykia Grozny, Chechnya Izhevsk, Udmurtia Kazan, Tatarstan Magas, Ingushetia Makhachkala...
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