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The Republic of Kalmykia ( Russian: Респу́блика Калмы́кия; Kalmyk: Хальм Тангч) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). The direct transliteration of the republic's name is Respublika Kalmykiya.
1 Geography
- Area: 76,100kmē.
- Borders:
- internal: Rostov Oblast (W), Volgograd Oblast (NW/N), Astrakhan Oblast (N/NE/E), Republic of Dagestan (SE/S), Stavropol Krai (SW/W).
- water: Caspian SeaThe Caspian Sea is a landlocked sea in Asia. It is bordered by Russia ( Dagestan, Kalmykia, Astrakhan Oblast), Republic of Azerbaijan, Iran ( Guilan, Mazandaran and Golestan provinces), Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan, with the central Asian steppes to the n (SE).
- Highest point: no data
- Maximum N->S distance: 448 km
- Maximum E->W distance: 423 km
1.1 Time zone
Kalmykia is located in the Moscow Time ZoneMoscow Time (MSK) is the time zone 3 hours ahead of UTC. WET or GMT or UTC , Red CET/MET, Green EET, Khaki MSK Moscow Summer Time (MSD) is UTC+4. Time zones. (MSK/MSD). UTCCoordinated Universal Time or UTC also sometimes referred to as Zulu time , the basis for civil time differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. Time zones around the world are expressed as positi offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 (MSD).
