Talk:Kalmykia

message: Yes, it is still Buddhist by default (Nyingmapa sect of Vajrayana, I think). However with 70 odd years of Soviet rule and roughly half of its residents being non-Kalmyk Russian citizens, it's not likely a traditional Buddhist Mongol society. 
The president Ilymzhinov (a Kalmyk)is a Russian mafia-type plutocrat, controlling oil wealth. He derived his prestige as the head of the world chess federation and he strives to become an "Asian Authoritarian" like his Singaporian, Korean, Chinese role models (even though his country is in Northern Caucasus). He built grandiose Catholic churches, Mosques and temples in his capital Elista, even though their are few ppl belonging to these religions, and even fewer would ever attend religious services. So, in the middle of a poverty stricken country, you literally have a city modeled after Disneyland.
It would be helpful if someone could translate information from the German page into this page, and vice versa.
Appeal supported, especially in the sense German > English.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.136.189.1 (talk) 12:41, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Following a particularly bloody offensive by the Chinese emperor, who suspected that they might ally themselves with the Russians against him, they ...
This is totally wrong. The Manchu Emperor had not excersized his influence on the Oyirad yet. And we should be careful of the structure of the Manchu Empire. The Manchu Emperor was not just the emperor of China but played various roles.
For the history of the Oyirad, Miyawaki Junko did marvelous jobs that defied a lost of dominating Western theories . --Nanshu 01:46, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

text: You are more than welcome to make those corrections yourself, providing that you can support them with sources.—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 17:18, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Initial comments

message: By what definition is Kalmykia part of Europe? -- TheMightyQuill 05:51, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It is a part of Russia and it is west of the Ural Mountains, hence it's in Europe.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 13:19, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Your statement does not make any sense. What's your point? --Northside 732 17:29, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  European? 

message: I thought I'd point out an article which would be handy to use for references: Weird world of chess-loving enclave - 26 Jul 2007 - NZ Herald: Travel News and Information from New Zealand and around the World Mathmo Talk 04:13, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article about Kalmykia 

message: This article seems to be written with an anti-Soviet tinge, at parts almost seeming sympathetic to the Nazis. --KobaVanDerLubbe 20:19, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bias

message: This section reads like a brochure and not like an encyclopedia:
Tourists have started to visit Kalmykia, most travelling from Volgograd to Elista. Some accounts of their travels have been logged on YouTube and other internet sites. Kalmykia is regarded as a safe destination for foreign tourists with the country getting much publicity after holding the 1998 Chess Olympiad in Elista. Several visitors have commented on the number of camels in the countryside — indeed Kalmykia is the home to Europe's only indigenous camel. In the capital there is little traffic
I am deleting this section.DVoit 00:34, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Tourism

message: So the Kalmyks gained absolutely nothing from the establishment of their republic by the Bolsheviks. It had absolutely no significance and was a pure act of propaganda and a tool to control the Kalmyks. All Kalmyks loved their rich men, chieftains and priests, contrary to Bolshevik propaganda. This is stated by "a Kalmyk school teacher turned anti-Soviet partisan fighter", whose text was published at the height of the Cold War in 1958, by the Institute for the Study of the USSR (maintained by the government of the Soviets' major opponent in the Cold War), in a volume specifically devoted to proving that the USSR engaged in genocide. Ooh, that must be a frigging neutral, unbiased, reliable source. How very typical.--91.148.159.4 (talk) 12:40, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah and I'm sure we can compel some Holocaust victims to admit that they realized some benefits, however minor, from the early years of Nazi rule.--Northside 732 (talk) 02:00, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Absolutely. You're completely right to point out that the first thing the Nazis did for the Jews was to establish an official Jewish republic inside of Germany. Hell, the Nazis have always advocated complete equality and solidarity between all nations, that's why they're called National-Socialists (meaning "Nation-Equality-ists"). And that's precisely the most evil thing about them and the reason why all good and decent people hate Nazism!--91.148.159.4 (talk) 23:52, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

text: However, there is one omission in the article. The text forgets to mention that the present-day Kalmyk republic within Russia is also completely useless for the Kalmyk people. It's even harmful and a tool used for the genocide organized by Putin's bloodthirsty totalitarian regime. No true freedom and self-determination for the Kalmyk people is possible until permanent, liberty-loving U.S. military bases and nuclear missiles have been established in Kalmykia! --91.148.159.4 (talk) 23:52, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bolsheviks' attitude towards Kalmyks 

message: Nearly all of the information in the "Miscellaneous" section is about the Kalmyk people (even those who live outside the borders of Kalmykia), rather than about Kalmykia itself.Ordinary Person (talk) 08:02, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Miscellaneous

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replies: text: You haven't indicated what you think is wrong with the coordinates in the article, and they appear to be correct. If you still think that there is an error, you'll need to provide a clear explanation of what it is. Deor (talk) 16:44, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coordinate error 

message: Does "bamb tsetsg" even exist? Searching it up only leads back to this wikipedia page.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.21.224.206 (talk) 07:10, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  National park?