Aks-sado, Memorial site in Kalmykia, Russia.

Aks-sado is a 3.5-metre bronze sculpture on Lenin Street in Elista, at the start of the local "Arbat". It shows a jangarchi, a performer of the Kalmyk epic "Jangar", seated on his knees in the position called övdgläd and playing a khura, a type of dombra. The instrument is held gently to his heart, and its form is pierced by an opening.

The bronze sculpture Echo was unveiled in early June 1996 on Lenin Street, at the start of Elista's local Arbat. It was created by the sculptor N. Evseeva and stands 3.5 metres tall. Its opening was reported in the newspaper Izvestiya Kalmykii on 4 June 1996.

The name "Echo" (Kalmyk: Duurin) refers to the dombra and the epic Jangar resounding through the centuries as the echo of the Kalmyk people. The jangarchi holds the dombra to his heart; a through-opening in the instrument stands for the single sound of the strings and the epic. The sculpture stands at the start of Elista's local "Arbat" on Lenin Street.

The sculpture stands on Lenin Street at the start of Elista's local Arbat, an easy walk within the city centre. It is an outdoor bronze piece, so it can be viewed at any hour; the surrounding pavement is level and open to pedestrians.

The sculpture's title "Echo" translates the Kalmyk word Duurin, and its form carries the idea: the dombra is pierced by an opening, so that the strings' sound and the recitation of the epic Jangar are meant to ring on like an echo of the Kalmyk people through the centuries.