kalmucker
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
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- Kalmyks in the late 19th century. Picture taken in the Salsky Raion of the Don Host Oblast
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- (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
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Kalmuckerna är ett mongolfolk bosatt i europeiska Ryssland. De härstammar från mongoliska nomader som utvandrade till lägre Volgaregionen på 1600-talet. I dag bor cirka 177 000 kalmucker i Kalmuckien i sydvästra delen av Ryssland. Ungefär en femtedel bor i städer och större samhällen. En del är jordbrukare, men många lever fortfarande som nomadiska herdar och bor i jurta. Traditionellt levde kalmuckerna i storfamiljer. Gifta söner bodde kvar hos sina föräldrar, medan gifta döttrar flyttade till sina makars hem. De flesta kalmucker praktiserar lamaism, men en liten del har konverterat till islam. Det finns även en del ortodoxa kristna.
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