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Kalmykia: Ethnic Separatism in the Lower Volga Region
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- Publisher
- Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
- Original language
- en
- Link
- https://besacenter.org/kalmykia-ethnic-separatism-in-the-lower-volga-region/Accessed 19 September 2026
Editorial annotation
Covers Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's election as President of Kalmykia on 11 April 1993 with around 65% of the vote, and his subsequent renunciation of the republic's constitution, distinct citizenship provisions and use of the title "President" in favour of the 1994 Steppe Code and a "Head of the Republic."