Kalmykie

The Republic o Kalmykie (Roushie: Респу́блика Калмы́кия, Respublika Kalmykiya; Modren Oirat: Хальмг Таңһч, Hal'mg Tanghch) is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic). Population: 289,481 (2010 Census). It is the anerlie Buddhist region in Europe. It haes an aw become weel kent as an internaitional chess mecca acause its umwhile Preses, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, is the heid o the Internaitional Chess Federation (FIDE). Geography Aurie: 76,100 square kilometer (29,400 sq mi) Borders: internal: Volgograd Oblast (NW/N), Astrakhan Oblast (N/NE/E), Dagestan (S), Stavropol Krai (SW), Rostov Oblast (W) watter: Caspian Sea (SE) Maximum north-sooth distance: 448 km (278 mi) Maximum east-wast distance: 423 km (263 mi) Kalmykia is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude. References Sources 5 апреля 1994 г. «Степное Уложение (Конституция) Республики Калмыкия», в ред. Закона №386-III-З от 20 декабря 2007 г. (April 5, 1994 Steppe Code (Constitution) of the Republic of Kalmykia, as amended by the Law #386-III-Z of December 20, 2007. ). Freemit airtins News o Kalmykie Archived 2021-09-22 at the Wayback Machine (also in Roushie/Inglis Archived 2011-03-12 at the Wayback Machine) Offeecial wabsteid o the Republic o Kalmykie Archived 2007-06-25 at the Wayback Machine (an aw in Roushie Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine) Official website of the Kalmyk diplomatic representation at the President of the Russian FederationArchived 2011-12-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis)(in Roushie)