Kalmyks

Also known as Kalmuks, Kalmucks, Kalmyk people, Calmucs, Calmucks, Calmuc people, Calmuck people, Oirad-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
Ethnic group.caption: 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
Ethnic group.langs: Predominantly Kalmyk Oirat and RussianAmerican English (in the United States)
Ethnic group.related: Mongols, especially Oirats

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: ethnic group
Part of: Oirats
Country: Kalmykia
Population: 179547
Significant event: deportation of the Kalmyks
Said to be same as: Oirats

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

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".

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