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Kalmyk migration to the Volga
The Oirat migration to the Volga was the westward movement of Oirat Mongols, mainly Torghuts, from Dzungaria to the lower Volga in the 1620s and 1630s.
Kalmyk Spiritual Administration
The Kalmyk Spiritual Administration, formally the Lamai Spiritual Board, was the Russian Empire's governing body for the Buddhist clergy of the Kalmyk steppe, created in 1836 and abolished in 1848.
Kalmykiya
Kalmykiya (Republic of Kalmykia, Республика Калмыкия), a federal subject of Russia in the Southern Federal District with capital Elista; an arid steppe and semi-desert republic of 76.1 thousand km² on the Caspian Sea, home to Europe's largest Buddhist temple.
Kalmyks
Kalmyks (Khal'mg) are the only Mongolic-speaking people in Europe, a Tibetan Buddhist people descended from Oirat nomads who settled the lower Volga in the 1620s, deported by Stalin in 1943 and returned in 1957 to Kalmykia, Russia.
Kalonzo Musyoka
Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka (born 1953), Kenyan lawyer and politician, tenth Vice President of Kenya 2008-2013 under Kibaki, former Foreign Affairs and Education minister, Wiper party leader and 2027 opposition presidential contender.
Kalotermitidae
Kalotermitidae, commonly called drywood termites, is the second-largest termite family, with about 450 species living in small colonies entirely inside single pieces of dry wood without soil contact.
Kaloula
Kaloula (狭口蛙属), Asian narrowmouth toads or painted frogs, is a genus of 20 fossorial microhylid frog species from Korea, China, India, and Southeast Asia, with an adaptive radiation in the Philippines and the invasive banded bullfrog K. pulchra.
Kaloyan
Kaloyan (Калоян), also known as Ioannitsa, was tsar of Bulgaria from 1197 to 1207 and the youngest of the three founding brothers of the Asen dynasty.
Kalpa Latha
Kalpa Latha (Kalpalatha, Kalppa Latha Garllapati), born 1977 in Manuguru, Telangana, is a Telugu film actress known for mother roles, notably Parvathamma in Pushpa (2021) and Pushpa 2 (2024), plus Baahubali and Arjun Reddy.
Kalpa Sutras (कल्पसूत्र)
The Kalpa Sutras (कल्पसूत्र) are aphoristic Sanskrit manuals of Vedic ritual composed from about 600 BCE, divided into Shrautasutras for grand sacrifices and Grihyasutras for domestic rites.
Kalpana (Malayalam actress)
Kalpana (കൽപ്പന), born Kalpana Ranjani (1965–2016), was a Malayalam and South Indian film actress, sister of Urvashi and Kalaranjini, famed for comic roles such as UDC Kumari in Dr Pasupathy and Queen Mary in Charlie, winner of the 60th National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Thanichalla Njan.
Kalpana (ಕಲ್ಪನಾ) (Kannada actress)
Kalpana (ಕಲ್ಪನಾ), born Sharat Lata, was an Indian actress known as Minugu Taare who starred in Kannada cinema and won the Karnataka State Award for Best Actress three times.
Kalpana Chawla (कल्पना चावला)
Kalpana Chawla (कल्पना चावला) was an Indian-born American engineer and NASA astronaut, the first woman of Indian origin in space, who died in the 2003 Columbia accident.
Kalpana Datt
Kalpana Datt (কল্পনা দত্ত), later Kalpana Joshi, was a Bengali revolutionary in Surya Sen's group that raided the Chittagong armory in 1930; sentenced to life, she was released in 1939.
Kalpana Kartik
Kalpana Kartik, born Mona Singha (19 September 1931, Lahore), retired Hindi film actress and producer; starred in six 1950s Navketan films opposite Dev Anand, including Baazi and Taxi Driver, whom she secretly married in 1954.
Kalpana Saini
Kalpana Saini is an Indian BJP politician who has represented Uttarakhand in the Rajya Sabha since 2022, the second woman from the state to do so.
Kalpana Soren
Kalpana Murmu Soren (born 1985), JMM politician, MLA from Gandey since the May 2024 bypoll, wife of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren; entered politics after his 2024 ED arrest and became a star campaigner for the JMM-led INDIA bloc.
Kalpataru Ridge
Kalpataru Ridge is an elongated undersea ridge in the Indian Ocean near 27°S, 67°E, discovered in 2012 by the Russian vessel Akademik Nikolay Strakhov and named in 2024 by SCUFN on a proposal from India's NCPOR.
Kalpathy S. Krishnamoorthy
Kalpathy S. Krishnamoorthy is an Indian-born pediatric neurologist and Harvard professor at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, known for neonatal neurology research on seizures, hemorrhage, and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
Kalpavriksha
Kalpavriksha (kalpataru, kalpadruma) is the wish-granting divine tree of Hindu myth, born of the Samudra Manthana churning and dwelling in Indra's paradise, echoed in Jain, Buddhist traditions and real venerated trees.
Kals
Kals am Großglockner, often called Kals, is a municipality in the Lienz District of East Tyrol, Austria, in the Kalserbach valley at the foot of the Großglockner.
Kalsdorf
SC Kalsdorf, Austrian football club in Kalsdorf bei Graz, Styria, founded 26 May 1946, long tied to the Lapp-Finze works (WSV Lapp-Finze 1953–1981); 2024/25 Styrian Landesliga champions, cup wins over Sturm Graz, Austria Wien, and Altach.
Kalseru Virga
Kalseru Virga is a 630-km virga (streak) feature on Titan at 36S 137W, IAU-approved in 2006 and named for a NW Australian rainbow serpent, bringer of rain; one of eight Titan virgae named for rain deities.
Kalshi
Kalshi, an American financial exchange founded in 2018 by Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara, lets members trade event contracts on outcomes like elections, sports, and weather.
Kalsia State
Kalsia State (ਕਲਸੀਆ ਰਿਆਸਤ) was a princely state in the Punjab, founded by Sardar Gurbaksh Singh with its capital at Chhachhrauli near Ambala, and part of PEPSU from 1948.
Kalsubai (कळसूबाई)
Kalsubai (कळसूबाई शिखर), the Everest of Maharashtra, is a 1,646 m peak in Akola taluka, Ahilyanagar district, in the Western Ghats' Sahyadri range, Maharashtra's highest point, within the Kalsubai Wildlife Sanctuary, with a summit temple and a trek from Bari village.
Kaltag, Alaska
Kaltag, Alaska, is a small Koyukon Athabascan city on the west bank of the Yukon River, 75 miles west of Galena, with a 2020 population of 158.
Kaltash Corona
Kaltash Corona, a 450 km corona on Venus at 0.50N 75.00E, a 2 km-deep depression between Manatum and Ovda tesserae with low radar emissivity flows; named for a Mansi goddess.
Kaltasy-Samara Oil Pipeline
The Kaltasy-Samara Oil Pipeline, also known as Kaltasy-Kuibyshev, is a Transneft trunk crude oil pipeline carrying crude from Tatarstan to the Samara hub on the Volga River.
Kaltura, Inc.
Kaltura, Inc. is an American software company offering a cloud-based video platform for enterprises, educational institutions, and media companies. Founded in 2006, it listed on Nasdaq in July 2021.