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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A region of southwest Russia on the Caspian Sea. Settled in the early 1600s by Kalmyk people from central China, it came under Russian control after 1646.

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  • proper noun A republic of Russia in the south-west of the country, with capital Elista.

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Examples

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  • But I am fascinated by the subject of dictatorships, and I've been to a place called Kalmykia in the Russian Federation.

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  • Even more conspiciously, why didn't the President spend some of this money on the rather miserable situation in his own country, Kalmykia, which is one of the least developed former Soviet states?

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  • Another three Kalmykia, Buryatia, and Tuva were historically Buddhist.

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  • Ilyumzhinov, who formerly headed Russia's province of Kalmykia, is noted for eccentric behavior including claims he was visited by a UFO.Gadhafi had not been seen since a brief appearance on state television in late May.

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  • Another three Kalmykia, Buryatia, and Tuva were historically Buddhist.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • But, they failed to eradicate the faith from its historic strongholds - the border republics of Kalmykia, Tuva, and here in Buryatia.

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  • Ilyumzhinov is the president of the tiny southern Russian republic of Kalmykia.

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  • But, they failed to eradicate the faith from its historic strongholds - the border republics of Kalmykia, Tuva, and here in Buryatia.

    Buddhism Rebounds in Russia 2011

  • But, they failed to eradicate the faith from its historic strongholds - the border republics of Kalmykia, Tuva, and here in Buryatia.

    Buddhism Rebounds in Russia 2011

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