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Kalmykia

American  
[kal-mik-ee-uh, kuhl-mi-kyuh] / kælˈmɪk i ə, kʌlˈmɪ kjə /
Or Kalmykiya

noun

  1. an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the NW shore of the Caspian Sea. 75,900 sq. mi. (196,581 sq. km). Elista.


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It’s known as the “Lonely Poplar”, and it’s located in Kalmykia, Russia.

From NewsForKids.net ● Feb. 21, 2024

To take advantage of this, Hermitage hired disabled people for its companies in Kalmykia.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2018

The incident happened over the weekend in Elista, the capital of Kalmykia.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 5, 2016

He may therefore want to consider a pilgrimage to Kalmykia, a bastion of Buddhism in southern Russia and its unofficial capital of chess.

From Time ● Aug. 2, 2013

Ilyumzhinov was also the president of the Russian Republic of Kalmykia, on the northwest shores of the Caspian Sea.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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