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Artists from the Kalmyk State Song and Dance Ensemble Tulpan won awards at the International Competition of Professional Artists named after Sevzhid in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Participants came from Mongolia, Russia, and China. Vladimir Bambarykov, Dorzhi Boskhomdzhiev, and Tseren Derneev received the title of Laureate of the III Degree. Vladimir Bambarykov, chief ballet master and Honored Artist of Kalmykia, was also awarded the medal Excellent Worker of Culture of Mongolia for his contribution to cultural development and performance mastery. The ensemble described the result as a significant achievement. RIA Kalmykia published the report at 3:00 PM Moscow time on October 7, 2026.

Students of the Republican Complex Sports School of Olympic Reserve and the Hand-to-Hand Combat Federation of the Republic of Kalmykia, coached by Mergen Markhaev, won medals at all-Russian competitions in Stavropol. The events included the Friendship Cup and a stage of the Russian Cup. In the 14-15 age group Sofia Tyurbeeva took gold. In the 12-13 group Saida Omarova, representing SPK Dzhal from Peschany settlement and coacheTyurbeevad by V. L. Ataev, took second, and Galina Shataeva took bronze. Artem Evseenko won gold at the fifth stage of the Russian Cup and earned a place in the final stage in Ryazan. RIA Kalmykia published the report at 11:00 AM Moscow time on October 7, 2026.

The Kalmyk American Culture and Arts Foundation will host the 75th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, November 28, 2026, at The Ashi in North Brunswick Township, New Jersey. The evening is the main celebration of 75 years of Kalmyks in America, marking the arrival of the first Kalmyk refugees in the United States in 1951 and 1952.

The official event page lists the gala for 5:00 PM Eastern time at The Ashi, 999 US-1, North Brunswick Township, NJ 08902. A community save-the-date from the Kalmyk Heritage Center says valet opens at 4:30 PM and the evening ends at 11:00 PM at The Ashi Hotel in New Jersey. Guests should check the registration page and Instagram updates for the latest arrival time before the night of the event.

The gala is part of a year of anniversary gatherings organized under the Kalmyk American Culture and Arts Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity. Earlier events in 2026 included a community Tsagaan Sar celebration in Philadelphia and the Naadam Festival in Farmingdale. The November gala is planned as the formal close of that anniversary year.

A special-edition souvenir journal will be distributed at the gala. Families and businesses were invited to place tributes, remembrances, and advertisements, with a submission deadline of October 15, 2026. Questions about the journal and other anniversary events can be sent to events@kalmyksrus.org.

Tickets and registration are handled through the foundation’s Givebutter page. Further program details are expected closer to the date. Organizers have asked the community to follow @75thkalmykusa on Instagram for announcements.

For Kalmyk families in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and farther away, the gala is a chance to mark the history of the American diaspora in one place. The first arrivals came from displaced persons camps in Europe after World War II and built temples, dance groups, and family networks that still hold the community together. The November 28 gathering is meant to honor that history and the people who carried it forward.

The 2026 Republic of Kalmykia youth chess championship ended in Elista. RIA Kalmykia reported the winners on Monday, October 6, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. local. Alexander Utnasunov, director of the republic chess school, announced the prizes.

Under 9: first place went to Naran Kutsekov of School 17 and Sofia Godzhurova of School 3. Under 11: first place went to Ayuka Berikov and Natalya Germaleeva, both of School 17. The best rural player named in the under-9 group was Adyan Erdniev of the Maloderbetovskaya gymnasium.

The Russian society Znanie, with support from the republic government, is finishing a documentary meant to introduce Kalmyk history, language, and culture to a national audience. RIA Kalmykia reported this on Monday, October 6, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. local.

Crews filmed in Elista, the Black Lands reserve, the Lone Poplar, and the Volga settlement of Tsagan Aman. Chapters are built around endurance, hospitality, service, the coexistence of faiths, and the epic Jangar. Shooting is nearly done and editing has started. The premiere is planned for November 2026.

Elista's Uralan won the regional qualifying stage of the Russian mini-football championship in the 8x8 format and will represent Kalmykia at the national final in Sochi from November 2 to November 7, 2026. This is the amateur mini-football side, not the third-division outdoor club RSSHOR Uralan.

Seven teams played in Elista on October 3 and October 4: Uralan, Iki-Burul Veterans, Lotus, Oirat-1, Tulpan of Yashkul, Ketchenery, and Arshan-Bulg. Uralan beat Tulpan 10-3 in the final. Ketchenery took third after a 5-5 draw with Iki-Burul Veterans, winning the penalty shootout 5-4.

Named players were Vladimir Mandzhiev of Iki-Burul Veterans, best goalkeeper; Denis Artaev of Ketchenery, best defender; Ochir Pyugenov of Tulpan, best midfielder; Evgeny Krasovsky of Uralan, best forward; Erdni Markhenov of Tulpan, top scorer with 8 goals; and Alexander Pavlikov of Uralan, best player. Referees Vladimir Shalkhaev and Bembya Lidzhiev received commemorative statuettes. RIA Kalmykia timed the report at 2:00 PM Moscow time on October 5, 2026. MK Kalmykia listed it at 9:54 PM on October 5.

A new wall painting of Kalmyk steppe wildlife went up in Elista, reported at 4:30 PM Moscow time on October 5, 2026, by RIA Kalmykia. The work is on a concrete wall at the city hippodrome, also described as the House of the Farmer on Ippodromnaya Street.

The Black Lands reserve commissioned it under a Presidential Fund for Nature grant after a competition for a painting about saiga and other steppe animals. The team named by Stepnye Vesti is Alexey Kekteev, Kermen Koltsova, and brothers Andrey and Viktor Kuberlinov, with Andrey Kuberlinov leading. The mural shows saiga running through feather grass, steppe eagles with prey, and wolves watching a herd.

The same artists are credited with the graffiti "Three Deeds of Buddha Shakyamuni" in Elista's 8th microdistrict and with a 6,500-square-meter mural on the Elista elevator building. The reserve said it hopes the new wall will remind residents to protect the steppe. I did not find a stable public image file for the new mural in this search.

On October 6, 2026, at 2:24 AM EDT, the account @romodanowski posted "Self-Portrait of Fedor Ivanovich Kalmyck" (1815). The caption says Fedor Ivanovich Kalmyck, or Kalmyk, lived from 1765 to 1832, was taken to St. Petersburg as a child around 1770, baptized, and later sent by Catherine the Great to Caroline of Zweibrucken in Germany, where he worked as a painter and engraver.

RIA Kalmykia reported at 1:00 PM Moscow time on October 5, 2026, that Kalmyk athletes medaled at the open Pardus club taekwondo championship in Volzhsky, Volgograd region, held October 3-4. The republic was represented by the Republican School of Olympic Reserve and the Nomad sports club, with coaches Ruslan Samtonov and Nikolai Ubushaev.

Mira Vaskaeva of the Olympic reserve school took second in the under-44-kilogram class among girls ages 12-14. Aldar Lidzhi-Goryaev of Nomad took third in the under-34-kilogram class among children ages 8-9.

RIA Kalmykia reported at 5:00 PM Moscow time on October 5, 2026, that preparation has started for a new season of the Dzungar Cup hockey championship. Head of the Republic Batu Khasikov took part in a working meeting that approved the regulations.

Last season four teams played for the trophy. Nine are now listed: Dynamo, Dynamo-2, Spartak, SKA, the Kalmyk State University team, Malye Derbety, Elista, Kharada, and Aranzal. Organizers said the season will also use an updated set of rules. Match dates were not given and were promised later. The cup name refers to the historical Dzungar, or Oirat, confederation.