Eli in Buddhist Russia, RU Machu Picchu

Traveling in Eastern Europe's only indigenously Buddhist republic...on a camel

The camels of formerly Buddhist Central Asia

(Eli from Russia) REPUBLIC OF KALMYKIA. Four hundred years ago the descendants of Mongolian Oirats (Kalmyks) migrated to Europe. They created the Kalmyk Khanate, which lasted from 1635 to 1779, in the south of the European portion of Russia's massive territory. Today they form the majority in Kalmykia, located on the Kalmyk Steppe, on the western shore of the Caspian Sea. They are the only traditionally Buddhist people located in Europe, and they herd and ride Bactrian camels. This place, cold as it feels with the windchill, has burning water springs.

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  Elista, capital of Russian Buddhist Kalmykia

  00:00 Welcome to the only Buddhist republic in Europe!
• 01:20 A day starts with Kalmyk/Mongolian salty tea
• 03:15 Let's find the Mongols!
• 05:10 Meeting the Bactrian camels
• 07:00 Being a guest in a Mongol yurt
• 09:50 Exploring Kalmyk steppes
• 12:20 Throat singing
• 14:15 A natural wonder in the steppe
• 15:28 Heading North!

Let's go to the Buddhist temple

Is this Europe?! Celebrating New Year in Buddhist Kalmykia

Southernmost republic of Russia | Makhachkala, abandoned villages, Khabib's, Machu Picchu

(Eli from Russia) Redheaded correspondent travels the length of a nation so big, it might as well be many countries called Europe 2.0. Dagestan is named the "hidden gem of the Caucasus in Russia." It is also the most multinational republic in the country. Let's discover its beautiful mountain villages, canyons (deeper than the Grand Canyon, USA), and get to know the local traditions.

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  Russian redheads blend in well in Soviet Union

  0:00 Welcome to Dagestan!
• 1:36 Local cuisine and payment for breaking the dishes
• 3:30 Dagestan - hidden gem of the Caucasus
• 4:17 Makhachkala's beaches
• 6:50 Crazy drivers?
• 9:40 Natural beauties. The Sulak Canyon
• 11:02 Khabib's restaurant
• 12:56 Russian Machu Picchu - abandoned village of Gamsutl in the mountains
• 18:09 Sary-Kum sand dune near the capital
• 19:19 Why do Dagestanis love this region?

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