09:00 - 09:45 Meeting of tourists at the airport and/or railway station in Volgograd 10:30 Brunch at the Elite cafe in Volgograd - included in the price 11:10 Meet Volgograd-2 hours The main places and the rich history of the "city of three names" on an eventful sightseeing tour. Volgograd was once called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad. You will hear about different eras of the city's life, recall ancient legends and legends, get acquainted with local traditions and visit the main height of Russia — Mamayev Kurgan. And you will also reveal how Volgograd is connected with the Guinness Book of Records! 13:30 Departure to Elista - 290 km - 4 hours 14:40 Medical stop in Dubovy ravine. There is a cafe, coffee and tea are purchased independently 16:00 Stop at Khlebnikov field, Maloderbetovsky district, Kalmykia – 90 km from Volgograd, Monument to Velimir Khlebnikov – poet, novelist, founder of Russian futurism and the largest figure of Russian avant-gardism. According to Roman Yakobson, he was the greatest world poet of the 20th century. 16:30 Continue to Elista - 200 km - 2.5 hours 19:00 Arrival in Elista 19:15 Dinner at a Kalmyk cuisine cafe (On request, European cuisine) - included in the price Folk program - well-wishes from the soloists of the folk ensemble "Zulturgan". Kalmyk songs. Check-in at the hotel. Rest.

09:00 Breakfast at the hotel 10:00 Meeting with THE AUTHOR OF THE MONUMENT TO VELIMIR KHLEBNIKOV, THE FAMOUS SCULPTOR AND GRAPHIC ARTIST STEPAN KIMOVICH BOTIEV (In the event that the sculptor is not in the republic at this time, as he often travels to exhibitions and forums, a replacement will be made for a meeting with an interesting interlocutor, an expert on the work of Khlebnikov, Kugultinov) Stepan Kimovich Botiev is a Russian sculptor and graphic artist who was born in the Altai village of Yasnoe Solnie in 1957. Since 1958, he has been living and working in Kalmykia. • Master class on graphic drawing. 11:30 a.m. Visit to the central Hurul "Golden Abode of Shakyamuni Buddha", participation in the daily prayer service. 12:30 Lunch time at a cafe in the city, self-payment 13:30 Visit to the "Shakyusn Xume" khurul (kalm. Sakusn-sum) is a Buddhist temple in the Republic of Kalmykia. 14:20 Departure to the steppe, on the border of two geomorphological zones, Kumo-Manych depression and Ergeninsky hills, visit to the natural monument and Buddhist shrine "Lonely Poplar" with a healing spring - 20 km. 15:00 Visit to the Lone Poplar natural monument 17:30 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" with 75 million mantras, sculptural compositions, statues of Buddha Shakyamuni, the Bosch Golden Gate Shrine • Visit to the monument to Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin • A monument to the great Russian poet is installed in the center of the city of Elista. Pushkin on the Kalmyk Oirats. His admiration for the Oirat girl. How can an Oirat girl get a great poet to write about himself? • Acquaintance with the work of David Nikitich Kugultinov, a Soviet Russian poet, classic of Kalmyk literature, war correspondent, People's poet of Kalmykia, member of the Writers' Union of the USSR. Free evening, dinner is paid for independently

Breakfast at the hotel 10:00 Visit to the Museum of Nomadic Peoples The Museum of Oirat-Mongolian Nomadic Culture is the first interactive museum in Elista. Presentation of "TODO BICHG" - Old Kalmyk vertical writing CLEAR WRITING Photo shoot in national Kalmyk costumes 11:00 Meeting with jangarchi, the narrator of the epic "Jangar" Getting acquainted with the heroic epic "Jangr", joint reading and discussion of the epic • THE OATH OF THE HEROES OF DZHANGARA The historical path of the Kalmyk people has contributed to the fact that the ideal of Kalmyks has always been and remains a warrior - defender of their native land. This had a huge impact on the establishment of public priorities and determined the scale of traditional moral values cultivated in Kalmyk society. This is confirmed by the famous oath of the heroes, which can be called the code of honor of the Kalmyk warrior, the unwritten charter of the Kalmyk army. The oath, like the charter, sets out moral principles that are still modern! Each guest will be given this excerpt from "Dzhangara" on paper in order to memorize it. 12:00 Lunch time - self-payment 13:00 Visit to the N.N. Palmov National Museum The museum was established on March 25, 1921 at the Archive and Museum section of the Department of Education. The exhibition was based on collections collected by historical scientists Nikolai Nikolaevich Palmov and Pavel Sergeyevich Rykov. Nikolay Palmov headed the joint section. At the end of the year, the museum and the archive were separated and Nikolai Nikolaevich remained in charge of the archive. The museum was opened to the general public only in 1931. At that time, he occupied two small buildings on Suseev Street. Currently, the museum has about 70 thousand items of storage. The museum's exhibition space is more than 1,500 square meters. Free time 19:00 Dinner at the Gourmet meat restaurant/Tamerlane/ Legend, tourists buy on their own.

09:00 Breakfast at the hotel. Room release. 10:00 Departure to the village of Adyk - 150 km 11:30 Eco-Route "Bumba Country", 2.5 hours. — Excursion to the "Singing Dunes". In ancient times, there were camps of various nomadic peoples on the sands. Even now, fragments of clay vessels and arrowheads of the Yamskaya, Catacomb, Sarmatian and Scythian cultures can be found on the blown-out hillsides. — Pink Lake tour. The route passes along the shores of the salty Mekletinsky lakes, in the waters of which the microscopic crustacean Artemia Salina lives. It turns the water pink and participates in the formation of therapeutic mud, which is used in the treatment of skin diseases and the production of cosmetics. — An excursion to the burning spring, an artesian well that can be set on fire and take the burning water in your hands. 14:00 Reception at the caravan camp, solving the Kalmyk puzzle "Nyarn Shinj", camel riding Kalmyk double-humped camels of the Bactrian breed, archery. Lasso throwing is enabled. 15:00 Lunch at a cafe in Yashkul village - included in the price 16:00 Transfer to Astrakhan - 200 km -2.5 hours 18:30 Check-in at the 3* Astrakhan hotel

Breakfast at the hotel. Eviction. 10:00 Sightseeing tour of Astrakhan, 2 hours. 12:00 is lunch time. Paid for independently 13:00 Velimir Khlebnikov House Museum tour The tour includes an overview of the museum, which consists of two parts. The first is actually the apartment where the Khlebnikov family lived. It was here from 1911 to 1919. Velimir Khlebnikov repeatedly visited his parents. The apartment includes five rooms with a corridor and a veranda.:"Pedigree", "Living room", " Vera's Room", "Velimir's Room", "Velimir Khlebnikov's Hall", "Velimir's Departure", "Khlebnikovskaya Veranda". The second part of the museum is the apartment opposite, where the Khlebnikovs' neighbors lived and currently houses exhibition halls (permanent exhibition): "Vera Khlebnikova's Painting", "Vera Khlebnikova's Graphics", "Peter Miturich's Graphics", "May Miturich's Veranda", "S.K. Botiev's Graphics", "Museum Library". The museum's exposition is based on the Khlebnikov collection, donated by May Miturich-Khlebnikov, Velimir's nephew. It includes the family library, household items of the Khlebnikov family, lifetime editions of Velimir, his personal belongings, canvases by Vera Khlebnikova, Peter and May Miturich. 14:00 Visit to the fish market, souvenir shops 16:00 transfer to the airport End of the program