Yup, Kalinka was very impressive.

btw, Gerty: I think you might find this interesting:

http://www.volgota.org/HomePage -- siberian language
http://www.livejournal.com/users/samir74/ -- the principal compiler's blog

the project is purely an academic exercise so far and it's not done yet afair, but you seem to be a person who might actually make use of it!