Kalmykie

The Republic o Kalmykie (, Respublika Kalmykiya; , 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: 
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: 
Maximum east-wast distance: 

Kalmykia is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.

 References 

 Sources 

 Freemit airtins 

News o Kalmykie  (also in Roushie/Inglis )
Offeecial wabsteid o the Republic o Kalmykie  (an aw in  Roushie )
Official website of the Kalmyk diplomatic representation at the President of the Russian Federation  


Category:States an territories established in 1957