Arshan‘

Arshan‘ is a village in Kalmykia, Southern Russia and has about 3,540 residents. Arshan‘ is situated nearby to the quarter квартал Геологов, as well as near the village Нарын.

Type: Village with 3,540 residents
Description: human settlement in Elista Urban Okrug, Republic of Kalmykia, Russia
Also known as: “Arshan” and “Sadovyy”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Geden Sheddup Choikorling Monastery.

Geden Sheddup Choikorling Monastery

Buddhist temple

Photo: JialiangGao, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Geden Sheddup Choikorling Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Elista, Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. It was opened on 5 October 1996 in the presence of more than 30,000 people and is the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery to be built in the region since its beginning as an autonomous oblast in 1920.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elista and Chess City.

Elista

Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Elista is the capital of Kalmykia in Russia, containing many Buddhist temples, monasteries and architecture.

Chess City

Neighborhood

Photo: Rartat, Public domain.

Chess City is a large complex devoted to chess and chess competitions located east of Elista, Kalmykia, in Russia. The neighborhood-size development consists of a central, four-story domed City Chess Hall surrounded by an Olympic-style village of Californian-Mediterranean Revival Style architecture. Chess City is situated 6 km northeast of Arshan‘.