Elista
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Elista is the capital city of the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia.
A representation of the Buddha
A Kalmyk woman praying in front of the statue before entering the temple
Elista's Pushkin Street on a 1961 stamp
Geden Sheddup Choikorling Monastery
Kalmyks
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Kalmyks, archaically anglicised as Calmucks, are the only Mongolic people found in Europe, residing in the easternmost part of the European Plain.
Elista
…Kalmyk Autonomous Oblast. By the early 1930s, Elista was transformed into a small city as the collectivization policies of Joseph Stalin forced many Kalmyks to abandon their traditional pastoral nomadic lifestyle in exchange for a modern, sedentary, and urban lifestyle. In October 1935, Elista was recognized…
Kalmyks in the late 19th century. Picture taken in the Salsky Raion of the Don Host Oblast
Kalmyks
Kalmyk dancers
Kalmyk depicted by Jan Janszoon Struys (1681)