Lagan, Russia

Lagan, Russia

Lagan ( _ru. Лагань) is a town in the southeastern part of the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia, a few kilometers from the Caspian Sea. Population: 14,345 (2002 Census), it supposed to be a second big town in Kalmykia after the capital Elista. It is located at coord|45|23|27|N|47|21|57|E. The town was founded in 1870. Town status granted in 1963. Until 1991 it was known as Kaspiysky. Most of the population in Lagan are Buddhists. There is a Buddhist temple on the territory of Lagan, known as Dardeling Temple.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Lagan — may mean: *River Lagan , a river in Northern Ireland **Laganside Corporation, public body formed to regenerate the Lagan in Belfast **Lagan College, the first integrated school in Northern Ireland **Lagan Valley, a valley in Northern Ireland… …   Wikipedia

  • List of cities and towns in Russia — This is a list of cities and towns in Russia. According to the data of 2002 Russian Census, there are 1,108 cities and towns in Russia. City Russian name Federal subject Abakan Абакан Republic of Khakassia Abaza Абаза Republic of Khakassia… …   Wikipedia

  • List of renamed cities and towns in Russia — Reasons for geographical renaming in Russia were *an especially large number of cities and towns were renamed in Russia after the October Revolution of 1917 *more renamings happened during the whole history of the Soviet Union due to political… …   Wikipedia

  • List of football clubs in Russia — Russian football (soccer) clubs for the 2007 season:Russian Premier LeagueFC Amkar Perm PFC CSKA Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow FC Khimki FC Krylya Sovetov Samara FC Kuban Krasnodar FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Luch Energia Vladivostok FC Moskva FC Rostov FC… …   Wikipedia

  • Kalmykia — Republic of Kalmykia Республика Калмыкия (Russian) Хальмг Таңһч (Kalmyk)   Republic   …   Wikipedia

  • Family name — Last name redirects here. For the song, see Last Name. Family name Frankenstein, an example of compound German family names which were typical for Jews (New Jewish Cemetery, Prague) A family name (in Western contexts often referred to as a last… …   Wikipedia

  • James Adams (character) — Infobox character James.jpg colour = light blue colour text = Black name = James Adams real name = James Robert Choke series = CHERUB first = last = cause = CHERUB agent creator = Robert Muchamore gender = Male born = c. birth date and… …   Wikipedia

  • Northern Ireland — This article is about the country. For other uses, see Northern Ireland (disambiguation). Northern Ireland Tuaisceart Éireann Norlin Airlann …   Wikipedia

  • List of rivers of Europe — These are the main rivers of Europe (ecologically, the extreme west of the Palearctic ecozone which includes Russia in the east). See each article for their tributaries, drainage areas, etc.The longest rivers of Europe are: *Volga (3,692 km/2,294 …   Wikipedia

  • Chernozemelsky District — (English) Черноземельский район (Russian) …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”