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TIL that aboout 1000 miles east of the EU, within southern Russia, exists the Republic of Kalmykia, the only region in Europe where Buddhism is the most common religion, most people are Kalmyks—descendants of Mongol hordes, and Kalmyk, related to Mongolian, is an official language alongside Russian.

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