In Kalmykia, a drunken FSB officer shot his colleague
In Kalmykia, an FSB officer shot his colleague while drinking alcohol together, ASTRA reports. The incident occurred on May 28. According to the publication, an FSB operative for the Chernozemelsky […]
Operation “Ulusy” began 80 years ago: what details of this crime are important today
80 years ago, on December 28, 1943, the operation “Ulusy” began – the mass forced eviction of the Oirat-Kalmyk people from their historical homeland in the Volga and Pridon steppes. […]
National republics – colonial appendages of Russia, – writer from Tyva Dankhaya Khovalyg
“We are being made the face of war. In order to say later: it was not the Russians who killed the Ukrainians, but the Russians and Ukrainians were brothers.” Dankhaya […]
Vladimir Dovdanov: our people were drawn into the war, although we do not want to fight
According to our calculations, more than 100 Kalmyks died in one year. These are very big losses for our people. Another part of the soldiers return crippled. That is why […]
Native of Kalmykia, who fled from mobilization, applied for protection in Kazakhstan
A native of Kalmykia, Igor Sandzhiev, who fled from a military unit in Russia during mobilization, applied for protection in Kazakhstan. Earlier, a local court sentenced him to six years […]
Burnt arrows of Kalmykia. Republic against the backdrop of war
Kalmykia is one of the poorest regions of Russia, fourth from the bottom in terms of per capita income. Only 8% of the inhabitants of the republic are provided with high-quality water. The Kalmyk language is threatened with extinction – these are the consequences of centuries of assimilation and Stalin’s deportation: in 1943, the Kalmyks were deported to Siberia, and only after Stalin’s death, in 1956, were they allowed to return to their homeland.