Sangadzhi says that the Kalmyks have a unique fate connected with wars and blood. For many centuries the Kalmyks fought with others and participated in Russian military campaigns. Since shamanism required the worship of furious gods, the Kalmyks adopted this religion in order to preserve their nation.Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin
According to Sanal, the history of all nations have both negative and positive periods. Nations deve...
Zinaida heard this story from her mother who was from the Zyungar clan. In the Year of the Rabbit th...
Sangadzhi-Garya talks about the traditional life of the Kalmyks. In the past, there were no doctors,...
Sangadzhi says that people sometimes have problems that can be resolved neither by modern medicine n...
The Oirats helped the Gelug school of Buddhism, of which the Dalai Lama is the head, come to power i...
Nikolai says that the Kalmyks are the second nation in the world, after India, in terms of the richn...
Sangadzhi says that the traditions, lifestyle and folklore of the Kalmyks are closely connected to t...
Anatoliy tells a story about the origin of the Baga Derbet and Iki Derbet clans. He also contends th...
The integration of the Oirat/Kalmyks with the Russian state commenced at the beginning of the 17th c...
Mergen says that although shamanism ceased to exist in Kalmykia, some elements of paganism, includin...
Sangadzhi talks about wedding rituals, including matchmaking, wedding, gal tyalgn (fire ritual) and ...
Lyalya says that the Kumsk Kalmyks lived in the territory of Levokumskiy rayon in Stavropol Gubernia...
Bulgun talks about the origin and history of the Tersk Kalmyks:In 1764 more than two hundred Kalmyks...
Evgeniy danced in the children’s dance ensemble Tyulpanchik (Small Tulip). He says that Kalmyk dance...
Without many ties with Mongolia and Tibet, in Kalmykia Buddhism has changed a lot. Not only did the ...
According to Sanal, the history of all nations have both negative and positive periods. Nations deve...
Zinaida heard this story from her mother who was from the Zyungar clan. In the Year of the Rabbit th...
Sangadzhi-Garya talks about the traditional life of the Kalmyks. In the past, there were no doctors,...
Sangadzhi says that people sometimes have problems that can be resolved neither by modern medicine n...
The Oirats helped the Gelug school of Buddhism, of which the Dalai Lama is the head, come to power i...
Nikolai says that the Kalmyks are the second nation in the world, after India, in terms of the richn...
Sangadzhi says that the traditions, lifestyle and folklore of the Kalmyks are closely connected to t...
Anatoliy tells a story about the origin of the Baga Derbet and Iki Derbet clans. He also contends th...
The integration of the Oirat/Kalmyks with the Russian state commenced at the beginning of the 17th c...
Mergen says that although shamanism ceased to exist in Kalmykia, some elements of paganism, includin...
Sangadzhi talks about wedding rituals, including matchmaking, wedding, gal tyalgn (fire ritual) and ...
Lyalya says that the Kumsk Kalmyks lived in the territory of Levokumskiy rayon in Stavropol Gubernia...
Bulgun talks about the origin and history of the Tersk Kalmyks:In 1764 more than two hundred Kalmyks...
Evgeniy danced in the children’s dance ensemble Tyulpanchik (Small Tulip). He says that Kalmyk dance...
Without many ties with Mongolia and Tibet, in Kalmykia Buddhism has changed a lot. Not only did the ...
According to Sanal, the history of all nations have both negative and positive periods. Nations deve...
Zinaida heard this story from her mother who was from the Zyungar clan. In the Year of the Rabbit th...
Sangadzhi-Garya talks about the traditional life of the Kalmyks. In the past, there were no doctors,...