Thursday-Saturday, September 11-13, 2026. State National Theater of Udmurtia at the Basangov Theater in Elista, three productions under the Bolshie Gastroli program.
Saturday, September 12, 2026. Cup of Three Khuruls national wrestling tournament in Malye Derbety, Maloderbetovsky District.
Saturday, September 12, 2026. Day of the National Kalmyk Costume falls on the second Saturday of September. I am inferring September 12, 2026, from that rule.
Saturday, September 19, 2026. Elista City Day is listed for the third Saturday of September, often paired with the "City of Friendship" festival of national cultures - parades, concerts, fairs, and contests. I am inferring September 19 from the "third Saturday" rule.
Friday, September 25, 2026. A concert titled "Golden Fund of Kalmyk Dance" by the Oiraty State Dance Theater was listed on a local events site for Elista. Confirm closer to the date.
October 2026. Autumn tantric rites at the Central Khurul, the Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni in Elista, beginning with the Yangdrub circuit around the temple, according to a regional events calendar.
Source: Photograph of the Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni (Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume), Elista, Republic of Kalmykia. Image circulated with attraction listings such as Tripadvisor's Golden Abode page. Used here as a fair-use news illustration of the main Kalmyk Buddhist temple named in the events calendar. If the specific Wikimedia filename above fails to load, the temple page for credit and visitor context is https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g1207892-d4037926-Reviews-Buddha_Shakyamuni_Golden_Abode-Elista_Republic_of_Kalmykia_Southern_District.html
Through November 1, 2026. Exhibition "The Diamond Chariot. Buddhist Art of Russia" at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, described as including Kalmyk Buddhist objects among more than 700 works.
Wednesday, December 3, 2026. Zul, the Kalmyk festival of a thousand butter lamps, listed for that date by the lunar calendar used at the Golden Abode. It is a national holiday of Kalmykia and is often described as a new-year / birthday-of-the-people observance.