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Kalmykiya Republic (republic) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 46 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 045 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 45.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The area comprises most of the North Caspian Depression. It was inhabited by Mongolian Kalmyks in the 17th century. Kalmyks, accused of German collaboration in 1944, were exiled until allowed to return by Krushchev in 1957. The region's economy is based on livestock, food-processing, corn, and fodder crops. |
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| Kalmykiya (preferred,C,V,O,Russian-P)
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| Kalmykiya, Respublika (C,V,Russian (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Respublika Kalmykiya (C,V,display,Russian)
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| Kalmykija, Respublika (C,V)
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| Kalmykia-provisional (C,V)
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| Kalmytskaya Respublika (C,V)
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| Kalmykia (C,V)
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| Khalmg Tangch (C,V)
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| Kalmyk Autonomous Oblast (C,U)
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| Kalmykiya Republic (C,U,English-P)
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| RS24 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Республика Калмыкия (C,U,Russian)
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| Калмыкия (C,U,Russian)
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| Kalmuckien (C,U,Swedish)
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| Kalmückien (C,U,German)
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| Kalmukia (C,U,Spanish)
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| Kalmukia (Finnish)
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| République de Kalmoukie (C,U,French)
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| Хальмг Таңһч (C,U,Kalmyk)
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| Kalmyckaja Avtonomnaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaja Respublika (H,V)
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............ | 1935-1991 |
| Kalmyk ASSR (H,V)
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............ | 1935-1991 |
| Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (H,O)
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............ | 1935-1991 |
| Kalmyk Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika (H,O)
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............ | 1935-1991 |
| Kalmytskaya ASSR (H,O)
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............ | 1935-1991 |
| Kalmytskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika (H,O)
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............ | 1935-1991 |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| republic (preferred, B) |
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from 1935 until dissolved in 1944; reestablished 1958 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| agricultural land (C) |
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| oblast (H) |
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from 1920 until made a republic in 1936 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Kalmyckaja Avtonomnaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaja Respublika.......... |
[VP] |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-84 |
| Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.......... |
[VP] |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 698 |
| Kalmyk Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 553972 |
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NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 27 September 2007 |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2919206-2919206 |
| Kalmytskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 553972 |
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NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 27 September 2007 |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2919206-2919206 |
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