14:50 Meeting at the airport of Elista, check-in at the hotel.
15:30 Check-in at the hotel, rest time.
16:30 Lunch at a cafe in Elista (included in the price).
Menu: Kalmyk cuisine, European cuisine on request.
17:30 Guided tour of Elista.
There are a lot of parks, squares and lawns in Elista.
If you consider that this lush vegetation is located in the semi-desert zone, you can imagine how much effort and effort it takes to maintain Elista in an evergreen state.
Walking tour of the city center with a tour of the rotunda "Pagoda of seven Days", where the largest prayer drum in Europe is installed — kurde, sculptural compositions, statues of Buddha Shakyamuni, Altn Bosch — Golden Gate Altn Bosch, made in the traditions of Buddhist architecture: airy structures, the presence of gold, red, white colors, curved roofs buildings.
The life story of the Kalmyk people stretches along Altn Bosch, which the artist Nikolai Borisov put into 28 paintings.
19:00 The memorial complex "Exodus and Return" is one of the most interesting monuments in Elista.
The monument is dedicated to the deportation and subsequent return of the Kalmyks.
It's a difficult place, but we recommend visiting it.
Dinner is on your own.
Free evening.