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Kalmykia

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

The government, in an effort to stimulate regional investment, had established a special zone in Kalmykia, a republic north of the Caucasus, that offered a lower tax rate.

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

Instead, Ilyumzhinov has photographs of Kalmykia, the remote, sparsely populated Russian republic where he served as president from 1993 until 2010, and of the Dalai Lama — Kalmykia being the only Buddhist region in Europe.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2014

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

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady