Sovetskaia Kalmykiia

(Soviet Kalmykia), a republic-wide Russian-language newspaper of the Kalmyk ASSR. Founded in 1920, the newspaper originally appeared under the name Krasnyi kalmyk (The Red Kalmyk) in the Russian and Kalmyk languages. It is published in Elista five times a week. Circulation, 26,000 (1975). Sovetskaia Kalmykiia was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1970. [24–54–1 ]