Jangarche Monument by Eelian Ovla

Eelyan Ovla is a Kalmyk jangarchi, that is, a singer and a storyteller. From him, the Kalmyk people heard songs from the work of folklore “Dzhangar” for the first time. This is the most famous Kalmyk epic known to the world. Eelian Owl came from a family of storytellers, from childhood he was prepared to become jangarchi and taught to sing epic songs to people. In 1908, scholar Nomto Ochirov recorded all the songs performed by Eelian.

The people of Kalmykia remember and honor the memory of their singer. In the village where Jangarchi was born, there is his museum, his name is the school. In 1990, in the city of Elista, a monument dedicated to Eelian Ovla was erected in a pair of "Friendship". Created a monument to the singer-jangarchi architects S. Kurneev, E. Liji-Garyaev, sculptor V. Vaskin, artist S. Kuznetsov.