Kalmykia (Russia)

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• Presentation of Kalmykia
• Description of the flag
• 1992-1993 flag

• Historical non-Soviet Kalmykia flags
• Kalmykia in the Soviet Union, 1917-1942,1958-1992
• Russia
• Russian subdivisions (list and clickable map)

• Kalmykya today, containing the flag
  reported by Dov Gutterman, 27 Mar 1999 Arms of Elista, capital of Kalmykia
  reported by István Molnár, 04 Dec 2001

Presentation of Kalmykia

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• Name (english): Kalmykia • (russian, short form): Калмыкия | Kalmykiâ • (russian, long form): Республика Калмыкия | Respublika Kalmykiâ • (local, short form): Халмг Тангч | Qalmg Tangĉ
  
• Local official language: Kalmukian
  
• Capital (russian): Элиста | Êlista • (english): Elista
• Area: 76 100 km² (≅29 400 sq.mi.) • Population: 314 300 inhabitants in 2000
• Status: Republic (Республика | Respublika) within the Russian Federation
• Federal District: Northern Caucasus • Economic region: Volga
• License plate code: 08 • Ham radio code: KM • ISO 3166-2 code: KL
• Flag adopted on 1993.07.30 • Coat of arms adopted on 1993.07.30

Kalmyks, Mongol people of Oirot language, are of Buddhist religion. Torgut, Dorbet and Buzawa tribes live in the republic. (Sart Kalmyks of Kyrgyzstan are Muslim.) Kalmyks migrated to Caspian region in the XVII th Century from Central Asia (nomadic cattle breeders). P