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Toponymy of Kalmykia in Historical, Geographical and Linguistic Perspectives. Review of the book: Kichikova, N. A., Mandzhieva, E. B., & Suprun, V. I. (2017). Toponimicheskii slovar’ Respubliki Kalmykiia [Toponymic Dictionary of the Republic of Kalmykia]. Elista: Dzhangar. 272 p. [PDF]

open access: yesВопросы ономастики, 2018
The reviewed book analyzes the toponymic vocabulary of the Republic of Kalmykia — a Russian region that retains a number of historical, geographical, administrative and territorial peculiarities.
Inna A. Koroleva
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Russian Speech in Kalmykia: History and Current State

open access: yesMediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015
The article deals with the problems of Russian speech culture at the example of Republic of Kalmykia, one of the national constituents of the Russian Federation. The history of appearance, development, functioning and current state of Russian language, the state language of Russian Federation, is successively traced in the article at the example of ...
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A comparison of age estimation methods for the saiga antelope Saiga tatarica

open access: yesWildlife Biology, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 219-227, September 2003., 2003
Age estimation is particularly crucial for the conservation of the saiga antelope Saiga tatarica, but modern laboratory methods for aging have not previously been applied to this species. There is an urgent need for evaluation of the techniques that could be used for age estimation in order that long‐term ecological data sets can be correctly ...
Monica Lundervold   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Folklore Expeditions of 2012–2017: Oral Narratives as a Representation of Kalmyk Collective Memory

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2022
Introduction. The article analyzes essentials of oral narratives recorded from respondents across Kalmykia in 2012–2017, focusing on how the former tend to articulate and characterize past events, activities of certain individuals and folklore characters
Evdokia E. Khabunova
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A Dormant Giant: Renewable Energy in the Soviet Union and Russia (1970s–Present)

open access: yesThe Russian Review, Volume 84, Issue 2, Page 267-282, April 2025.
Abstract In spring 1981 the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party officially sanctioned the start of an “alternative” renewable energy development program in the Soviet Union. Throughout the following decade, some two hundred organizations in the USSR were involved in research and development activities and installing test facilities for ...
Benjamin Beuerle
wiley   +1 more source

Painting and Graphic Works of P. I. Emchegirova, 1930s–1950s: A Case Study of Museum and Family Collections

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2020
Goals. The article aims at examining visual arts of pre-war Kalmykia and the deportation period (1943‒1957) through the example of P. I. Emchegirova (1907–1992) ― first ethnic Kalmyk female painter ― and her works.
Svetlana G. Batyreva
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Regional perspective on prospects and risks of the renewable energy in Russia

open access: yesEnergy Science &Engineering, Volume 12, Issue 10, Page 4139-4165, October 2024.
Renewable energy in Russia. Abstract The expansion of renewable energy (RE) relies on both natural factors and socioeconomic conditions fostered at the regional level. This paper examines the key factors influencing RE development in selected Russian regions.
Galina Chebotareva   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumption‐Based Carbon Emissions of 85 Federal Entities in Russia

open access: yesEarth's Future, Volume 12, Issue 6, June 2024.
Abstract As the fourth largest CO2 emitter, Russia's constituent entities collectively contribute with vast territory and regional heterogeneity. Existing studies only present production‐based inventories; state‐level consumption‐based emissions patterns and driving forces remain rare.
Jie Li   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ph. D. of History, Head of Ethnology sector of the Kalmyk Institute for Humanities Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
This article deals with the problems of the origin of Tsokhurovski ulus of the Kalmyk khanate, its history in the 18th century, as well as the problems of the formation of ethnic groups in a nomadic state.
Valery Batyrov
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Ethnic Group Deed Lamin Shevnr: from History Shabinerovsky Estate of the Yandykovsky Ulus in the 19th Century

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
This article deals with the history of an ethnic group deed lamin shevnr from the Yandykovskiy ulus of the Kalmyk steppe in the XIX-th century. The problems of the status of the shabiners of owned states uluses of Kalmykia are covered in this research.
Valeriy Batyrov
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