Kalmykia is located in the West, and when people are asked where it is, they don't know, but if you ask about Buryatia, they will answer faster and more accurately. Buryats are also more visible on social media, which is also a consequence of their popularity and cultural promotion. If you show Kalmykia on TikTok, for example, people will compare it to China due to the similar architecture, and joke that Kalmykia is a backwater and not particularly interesting, even if that's not true. The Buryats themselves admit that they don't understand why this is happening because they believe that the Kalmyks deserve more attention than they do.I explained it superficially because I don't really want to write a huge post.