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A bizarre and entertaining guide to Russia s mysterious ethnic republics by anti-tourist and author of his already cult book Lost Cosmonaut, Daniel Kalder. This evening, Kalder s slide show will chart his journey through the barren territories of Kalmykia, to a city dedicated to chess and to the forgotten tribe of the Mongols; Mari Eli, home to Europe s last pagan nation; and the badlands of Udmurtia. On the way our anti-hero searches for Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK47 and incongruously becomes a TV star. A refreshing antidote to our banal EasyJet culture.