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Kalmyks

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Kalmyks
Хальмгуд Khalm'gud
Tot population
196,000
Regions wi signeeficant populations
Kalmykie(Roushie)
Roushie183,372[1][2]
Ukraine325[3]
Kyrgyzstan12,000[4]
Leids
Kalmyk Oirat,Roushie
Releegion
PredominantlyTibetan Buddhism
MinorityOrthodox Christianity

inRoushie[5]

MajoritySunni IslaminKyrgyzstan
Relatit ethnic groups
Mongols,especiallyOirats

TheKalmyks(Kalmyk:Хальмгуд,Khal’mgud,Mongolian:Халимаг,Khalimag) are theOiratsinRoushie,whase auncestors migratit fraeDzungariain 1607. They creatit theKalmyk Khanatein 1630–1724 in Roushie's North Caucasus territory. The day thay form a majority in the autonomous republic oKalmykieon the wastren shore o theCaspian Sea.

References

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  1. Итоги ВПН 2010Archived2020-04-30 at theWayback MachineAll Russian census, 2010
  2. "Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongul in Russia:: Joshua Project".joshuaproject.net.Retrieved25 October2014.
  3. State statistics committee of Ukraine – National composition of population, 2001 census(Ukrainian)
  4. "PRESIDENT.MN".Archived fraethe originalon 6 December 2016.Retrieved4 December2016.
  5. Содномпилова, М.М.; Нанзатов, Б.З.Культурное наследие народов Центральной Азии. Выпуск 3: сборник статей.Imbt. p. 34.ISBN9785792503649.Retrieved25 October2014.