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.

Time codes

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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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Too cold, Wim Hof? Eli from Russia

The mysterious sounds of Lake Baikal talking - Climbing ice mountain the American way

BRUTAL COLD resistance race in Russia

(Eli from Russia) March 8, 2025: YAROSLAVL OBLAST. "ICEMAN RUSSIA" is a cold resistance competition that includes weightlifting, running, and swimming in ice water. In Russia, a cold-resistant person is called a "walrus." These people rub snow on their bodies, dive in ice holes, swim short or long distances in icy water. This is why they’re compared to animals that are well adapted to cold weather and accustomed to swimming in freezing water. Swimming in ice water is considered the mastery of cold resistance, so I decided to try it!

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TIMECODES

• 00:00 Welcome to Yaroslavl region
• 01:06 Winter swimming competitions in Russia
• 03:35 Why do Russians train for cold resistance?
• 06:50 Iceman weightlifting contest
• 08:35 My turn to suffer! Iceman run and swim
• 11:50 Heading to Siberia for more freezing challenges

📍 More wideos

• Facing the COLDEST WINTER in Moscow (I joined a Walrus Club)
• Experiencing snowstorm and traditional epiphany bathing in the Extreme North of Russia
• Life at the edge of Russian North on Kola Peninsula | Murmansk & Teriberka

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Help, Iceman Wim Hof! We want to do it, too!

Wim Hof Method Guided Breathing for Beginners (three rounds at slow pace)

Vagus nerve reset - most effective way to destress the body

• Eli from Russia; Wim Hof; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

Land of Redheads: Udmurtia/Tartaria

What's the American superpower? Making chocolate (almond) milk 😂 #food #yum

Super-strong redheaded giants? It's a myth

Proof of redhaired giants? Boxer from the "mythical" empire of Tartaria. [Redheaded, six fingered?]

• Real human RED head anomaly: Viacheslav Datsik
• VIDEO: Eli in Buddhist Russia: Kalmykia, Europe
• Living in coldest inhabited place on Earth: Yakutia

Who are the Udmurts? Russia’s most red haired and musical ethnic group

Gilligan hats of redheaded Udmurtian caps look as distinctive as Scythian/Saka caps.

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(Eli from Russia) Summer 2023: VOTKINSKY DISTRICT. Let's meet the Udmurt people, hear the Udmurt language, try Udmurt food, and see Udmurt customs. Let's do everything the Udmurt way at Udmurt's most important ethnic holiday: Gerber!

TIMECODES

• 00:00 Let's do everything the Udmurt way today!
• 00:55 Welcome to the Gerber holiday in Pikhtovka
• 02:15 The important Udmurt ceremony
• 07:00 The festival begins!
• 08:33 Crafts of different districts of Udmurtia
• 10:10 Homeland of Tchaikovsky - Votkinsk City
• 13:18 We found Udmurt food and an Udmurt man :)
• 14:46 The most red-haired ethnic groups of the world
• 15:36 Let's have fun at the festival

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Russia seems to be what remains of Tartaria: Who are Russians/Tartars?

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Is Tatarstan the remains of Great Tartaria?

Is this Russia's third capital? Kazan city and Tatars

• After the Mud Flood, few believe there ever was a Tartaria inhabited by Tartars (remnants Tatars of the ancient empire of Great TARTARIA) who ate raw meat, steak tartare, a kind of pastrami (pastirma), after which was named a famous sauce and dish, so where is Udmurtia?

The Empire of Tartaria is seen on maps, or what remained of it after the Mud Flood.

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What and where is Udmurtia?

Wiki edit by Wisdom Quarterly

This hat design is great for Gingers in the sun.

UDMURTIA is officially the Udmurt Republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is administratively part of the Volga Federal District. Its capital is the City of Izhevsk. It was established as the Udmurt (until 1931 Votskaya) Autonomous Region on Nov. 4, 1920 [11].

THE NAME UDMURT comes from odo-mort ("meadow people"), where the first part represents the Permic root od or odo ("meadow, glade, turf, greenery"). This is supported by a document dated 1557, in which the Udmurts [12] are referred to as lugovye lyudi ("meadow people"), alongside the traditional Russian name otyaki [13]. The second part murt means "person" (cf. Komi mort, Mari mari).

It is probably an early borrowing from a Scythian language: mertä or martiya ("person, man," Sanskrit Manus or Manushya), which is thought to have been borrowed from the Indo-Aryan term maryá- ("man, mortal, one who is bound to die," cf. Old Indic márya or "young warrior," and marut, "chariot warrior," both connected specifically with horses and chariots [14].

The Indo-Europeanists T. Gamkrelidze and V. Ivanov associate this word with horse-riding Altaic tribes in the Bronze Age [15, 16].

On the other hand, in the Russian tradition, the name "meadow people" refers to the inhabitants of the left bank of a particular river. Recently, the most relevant is the version of V. V. Napolskikh and S. K. Belykh. They suppose that ethnonym was borrowed either from Indo-Iranian anta or "outside, close, last, edge, limit, boundary," or the Turkic-Altaic anda/ant "oath (in fidelity), comrade, friend" [17].

HISTORY started on Nov. 4, 1920, when the Votyak Autonomous Oblast was formed [3]. On Jan. 1, 1932, it was renamed the Udmurt Autonomous Oblast [18], which was then reorganized into the Udmurt ASSR on Dec. 28, 1934 [3].

During World War II, many industrial factories were evacuated from the Ukrainian SSR and western borderlands to Udmurtia. On Oct. 11, 1991, the Supreme Council of the Udmurt ASSR adopted a law according to which the Udmurt ASSR acquired a new name — the Udmurt Republic [19]. More: Udmurtia

• Eli from Russia (YouTube), elinabakunova.com; Pat Macpherson, Amber Larson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly, December 2024

Eli from Russia: solo female traveler

Solo in Russia’s most dying region: Pskov

(Eli from Russia) PSKOV, Russia (former USSR) - Hi, I’m Eli! I travel in Russia, and my goal is to visit all its many regions. So far I’ve visited 47 of them, and the next one is the Pskov region. This region is one of the most ancient Russian lands. It’s a real treasure trove of historical and cultural knowledge, with an amazing legacy and unspoiled nature. At the same time, it’s considered to be one of the most depressing regions with a record of population decline across the entire country (as everyone rushes to modernize and live in the big city, preferably crowded Moscow). Let’s explore Pskov City and the village life for which this region is famous.

TIMECODES

• 00:00 Pskov region: the most cultural or the most depressing?
• 01:15 History of Pskov city
• 03:52 Heading to Talab Islands on Pskov Lake
• 05:30 Exploring Zalita and Talabsk Island
• 07:05 Belov (Upper) Island
• 11:09 Should you visit this place?

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Living in coldest inhabited place: Yakutia

Tour Guide Eli from Russia (YouTube); Amber Larson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Coldest Place on Earth (-71°C, -96°F) Why do people live here? | Oymyakon

(Eli from Russia) April 1, 2022. No fooling, I spent several days with the locals of the Russian village of Oymyakon, Russia (Yakutia/Sakha Republic) and the world's coldest inhabited place.

Buddhism in Russia: Lhasa's Emissary to Tsar

I thought that the only thing people do here is survive and suffer the cold. I was very wrong. Here's what I found out about the locals.

• Buddhism in Russia
• Could "Sakha" be Buddhist Sakka, Shakya, Scythia?
• When the Buddha was reborn as a [rein-]deer (Jātaka)
• Only indigenously Buddhist country in Europe: Kalmykia

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• 0:00 Welcome to Yakutia
• 0:49 Trip to Oymyakon. First stop, Khandyga
• 4:13 The road of bones, Kolyma
• 7:33 Stuck in the middle of frozen nowhere, again
• 10:32 Welcome to Oymyakon
• 14:10 Tasting slaughtered raw foal's flesh 16:17
• Going on winter fishing expedition to murder fish
• 18:04 Culture of Sakha people (Yakuts)
• 20:54 How do people live in Oymyakon?
• 24:34 Ice bathing in the coldest place on Earth

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There are Buddhists in Russia?

The lotus flag of Buddhist Yakuts in Yakutia

Historically, Buddhism was incorporated into Siberia in the early 17th century [1, 2]. Buddhism is considered to be one of Russia's traditional religions and is legally a part of Russian historical heritage [3].

Besides the historical Buddhist monastic traditions of Buryatia, Tuva, and Kalmykia (the only Buddhist-majority republic in Europe), Buddhism is now spreading all over Russia, with many ethnic Russian converts. More

Dagestan fighters; Buddhist Kalmykia

(History Leaks) How Dagestan became a land of fighters

My life in most sanctioned country in world. American Khalil Rountree Jr., mixed martial artist

Southernmost republic of Russia | Makhachkala, abandoned villages, sand dune, mountains, Khabib's

(Eli from Russia) Nov. 26, 2021: Dagestan is named a hidden gem of the Caucasus in Russia, formerly the USSR. It is also the most multi-national republic in the country. Let's discover its beautiful mountain villages and canyons and get to know the local traditions.

TIMECODES

• 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 beauty of the Sulak Canyon
• 11:02 Khabib's Restaurant
• 12:56 Russian Machu Picchu - abandoned village Gamsutl in the mountains
• 18:09 Sarykum strange sand dune near the capital
• 19:19 Why do Dagestanis love their region?

Russia's only Buddhist republic in Europe

(Eli from Russia) Traveling through Eastern Europe's only Buddhist republic...on a camel

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  Lhasa's Emissary (J. Snelling)

  Kalmykia has many groups: Kalmykia is the only indigenously Buddhist part of Europe (Buddhism in Kalmykia)
• Bactrian camels of Bactria
• Buddhism in Central Asia (The Stans)
• Buddhism in Russia
• Buddhism in Russia: The Story of Agvan Dorzhiev: Lhasa's Emissary to the Tsar (John Snelling)

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• Where is Dagestan? Steppe nomad mountain people
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Eli's Russia; Trump's Ukraine (BBC)

Eli visits Buddhist Russia in Europe: Kalmykia

Peace between the superpowers, an end to American imperialism and proxy wars in the guise of NATO membership, installing CIA puppets like comedian Vlad, bringing down three dictators? We'll take it. In the interest of cross-cultural understanding, here is our redheaded travel guide Eli taking us through the former Soviet Union and USSR and Czar's Empire, massive modern Russia. Traditionally, according to Russians, that always included Ukraine as the heart and breadbasket. 

Vajrayana Russian Buddhists in Russia

Ukraine is a corrupt place, the most corrupt in Europe, with real Nazis and so many shenanigans as to not be a serious PR campaign to advance American interests. If Trump pulls us out, when we should never have entered, we support peace. And we oppose the Left's disgraceful war mongering, flipping the world upside down when we, the Left, had always been the ones crying and suing for peace. The Left still opposes genocide and Gaza, war in the West Bank, and dictators like Netanyahu. And if takes a fool like Trump to pull it off and pull us out of our imperial adventures (with the silly ambitions of taking Greenland, Panama, Canada, the Gulf of Mexico, and Mexico, let him try). What's next? Will he insult the pope by holding his hand or fail to give enough deference to Bernie by not touching his?

• VIDEO: Eli in Buddhist Russia: Kalmykia

My winter in Russia: with family and friends in Bashkortostan

(Eli from Russia) Feb. 22, 2025: UFA. This year I brought my friend from Australia to spend winter with me in Russia. In this video, we celebrate New Year's Eve and Christmas in Ufa and travel through the Bashkortostan Republic.

TIMECODES

• 00:00 Welcome to Ufa!
• 01:18 Winter swimming challenge for my mate
• 02:13 Salavat Yulaev hockey game!
• 03:19 How we celebrate the New Year in Russia
• 06:36 Heading to explore Bashkortostan!
• 08:24 Challenge for my mate: climbing Aigir rocks
• 12:44 Another challenge: climbing the stone guardian
• 17:22 Center of the World - Beloretsk City!
• 20:11 My mate's impressions of Bashkortostan

📍 More videos

• A week with my family in Ufa, Russia | Bashkortostan - the land of Bashkirs and Tatars 
• Who are the Tatars? | Largest ethnic minority in Russia
• ULTI... - Life in Russia after sanctions - Traveling in Russia through the East to the West 

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Trump calls Ukrainian comedian Vlad Zelensky a 'dictator' as he hits back at 'disinformation' criticism

Hilarious American political cartoons: Breaking news, bold caricatures, and Trump satire!

(BBC News) Feb. 19, 2025: Pres. DJ Trump has described [US proxy] Pres. Volodymyr Zelensky as a “dictator” after the unpopular Ukrainian leader said the US president had been taken in by "Russian disinformation." Russia’s Pres. Vladimir Putin has said it would be a pleasure to hold a meeting with Pres. Trump. This comes after talks between Russian and US officials in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, on Tuesday, in which Kyiv (Kiev, Ukraine) was excluded or refused to come because he was trying to stall such talks. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog for more news, analysis, and features from bbc.com/news. Or see rense.com for a more right-wing slant. #Russia #Ukraine #BBCNews

• Eli in Russia, Feb. 22, 2025; BBC News, Feb. 19, 2025; Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells, Amber Larson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Is Russia the Evil Empire? No. Look!

Russian beauties on pinterest.com

(Kayse Melone) From Evangelical Christian patriot to Anti-Empire Atheist: Isn't US the EE?

Modern Russia has extraordinary structures | Liden & Denz Russia

Life in Russia: SHOCKING MYTHS about the country will leave viewers speechless

(Wild to Travel) Why would any American be shocked that Russia is a beautiful and modern non-communist country? It's because we've been lied to in the West for so long that there is no setting us straight. And we don't travel out of our country enough to know anything directly for ourselves. Go out into the world! Stop being duped by PR propaganda from both sides. That's why Wisdom Quarterly has special correspondents like Eli from Russia and AgentNesty:

• Buddhism in Russia

I prefer beloved modern Russia to Central Asia

From Evangelical Patriot to Anti-Empire Atheist

(Kayse Melone) June 26, 2025: We had a great question asked on a chat on one of my recent livestreams. What does it mean to love yourself as an American when you no longer believe in what [North] America stands for? As someone who grew up in evangelical Christian nationalism in the heart of red-state America, I’ve had to unpack the myths I was raised on, face the guilt and shame of living in the belly of the beast, and begin the long process of internal deconstruction and healing. We talk about American exceptionalism, the spiritual cost of capitalism, and why letting go of nationalism might be the most patriotic thing we can do.

#exchristian #exvangelical #unitedstates #deconstructingchristianity #atheist. Remember to join the live show at 7:00 am CT every Sunday-Wednesday on YouTube or Twitch. Connect with Kayse. Website: kaysemelone.com

• Evil Empire (album by Rage Against the Machine); Kayse Melone, June 26, 2025; Wild to Travel) June 19, 2025; Eli from Russia, Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Eli in Buddhist Russia: Kalmykia (video)

The lotus blooms in the East? Eastern Europe

Buddhism was officially incorporated into Siberia in the early 17th century [1, 2] and is considered one of Russia's traditional religions and a legal part of Russian historical heritage [3]. Besides the monastic Buddhist traditions of Buryatia, Tuva, and Kalmykia (the only Buddhist-majority republic in Europe), Buddhism is spreading all over Russia, with many ethnic Russian converts [4, 5].*

Buddhist Europe? New Years in Kalmykia

Republic of Kalmykia: In Elista took place a much big Russian Buddhist celebration

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(Eli from Russia) Jan. 7, 2024: ELISTA, Kalmykia - There is a Buddhist republic in the heart of Europe. On arriving, one can't believe what one is seeing: Buddhist stupas, temples, pagodas, Asian Buddhist gates and buildings. This Russian region has a truly distinct culture, traditions, and holidays. I will celebrate the Kalmyk Zul (Festival of Lamps) holiday with locals and add one year to my life along with all Kalmyks. Buddhism in Kalmykia

TIMECODES

• 00:00 I'm going to celebrate the New Year with Kalmyks!
• 01:17 Welcome to the capital: Elista City
• 02:46 What did I find on the Lenin Square?
• 04:26 My chance to make a wish under the Golden Gate
• 05:47 Here is a Kalmyk lunch!
• 09:30 Is this really Europe?!
• 11:25 Locals came to get blessings from Buddhist lamas
• 12:31 It's New Year's Day in Kalmykia
• 16:47 A ritual to prolong life

• Buddhist Modernities: Re-inventing Tradition in the Globalizing Modern World
• Republic of Kalmykia » New Year Zul
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*Buddhism in Russia

In 2012, Russian Vajrayana Buddhism was the religion of:

• 62% of the total population of Tuva,
• 48% of Kalmykia (the only indigenously Buddhist part of Europe), and
• 20% of Buryatia [24].

Buddhists, Shamans, and Soviets: Rituals...Buryatia

Buddhism also has adherents amounting to 6% in Zabaykalsky Krai, primarily ethnic Buryats, and 0.5% to 0.9% in Tomsk Oblast and Yakutia.

Buddhist communities are found in other federal subjects of Russia, between 0.1% and 0.5% in Sakhalin Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Amur Oblast, Irkutsk Oblast, Altay, Khakassia, Novosibirsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Murmansk Oblast, Moscow and Moscow Oblast, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, and in Kaliningrad Oblast [24].

In large cities like Moscow, Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad, capital of the Czar's Empire which became the Soviet Union), and Samara, where up to 1% of the population identify as Buddhists [26].

• Buddhism in Tuva
• Buddhism in Kalmykia
• Buddhism in Buryatia
• Datsan and Khurul - Buddhist temples in Russia
• Khambo Lama
• Datsan Gunzechoinei
• Tubden Shedubling - Buddhist temple complex in Moscow
• More: Buddhism in Russia

• Eli from Russia, YouTube; Amber Larson and Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly