Kalmyks
Kalmyks (), archaically anglicised as Calmucks (), are the only Mongolic people found in Europe, residing in the easternmost part of the European Plain.
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The Kalmyks are a Mongolic ethnic group who live in Europe, making them the only people of Mongolic descent native to the continent. They inhabit the easternmost region of the European Plain, which gives them a unique place in European history and cultural diversity.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Kalmyks
- Ethnic group.flag
- Flag of Kalmykia.svg
- Ethnic group.flag_caption
- Flag of Kalmykia, one of the republics of Russia
- Ethnic group.image
- Чаепитие калмыков.jpg
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- Kalmyks in the late 19th century. Picture taken in the Salsky Raion of the Don Host Oblast
- Ethnic group.popplace
- (Russia)
- Ethnic group.population
- 195,000
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 179,547
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 12,000
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 325
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 3,000
- Ethnic group.rels
- Predominantly Tibetan Buddhist sect of Vajrayana BuddhismMinority Russian Orthodox Christianity, Tengrism, Mongolian shamanism, Islam
Article
28 sectionsContents
- Origins and history
- Early history of the Oirats
- Period of open conflict
- Resurgence of Oirat power
- Torghut migration
- Kalmyk Khanate
- Period of self rule, 1630–1724
- From Oirat to Kalmyk
- Reduction in autonomy, 1724–1771
- Life in the Russian Empire
- Russian Revolution and Civil War
- Formation of the Kalmyk Soviet Republic
- Collectivization and revolts
- World War II and exile
- Return from Siberian exile
- Etymology
- Subgroups
- Demographics
- Location
- Religion
- Language
- Writing system
- List of notable Kalmyks
- Khans of the Kalmyk Khanate
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
Kalmyks (), archaically anglicised as Calmucks (), are the only Mongolic people found in Europe, residing in the easternmost part of the European Plain.
This dry steppe area, west of the lower Volga River, known among the nomads as Itil/Idjil, a basin on the northwest shore of the Caspian Sea, was the most suitable land for nomadic pastures. Itil or Idjil, the ancient name of the Volga River, written in the archaic Oirat script, means exactly that: the "pastures".