Kalmyks
| Tot population | |
|---|---|
| 196,000 | |
| Regions wi signeeficant populations | |
 Kalmykie (Roushie) | |
 Roushie | 183,372[1][2] |
 Ukraine | 325[3] |
 Kyrgyzstan | 12,000[4] |
| Leids | |
| Kalmyk Oirat, Roushie | |
| Releegion | |
| Predominantly Tibetan Buddhism Minority Orthodox Christianity Majority Sunni Islam in Kyrgyzstan | |
| Relatit ethnic groups | |
| Mongols, especially Oirats | |
The Kalmyks (Kalmyk: Хальмгуд, Khal’mgud, Mongolian: Халимаг, Khalimag) are the Oirats in Roushie, whase auncestors migratit frae Dzungaria in 1607. They creatit the Kalmyk Khanate in 1630–1724 in Roushie's North Caucasus territory. The day thay form a majority in the autonomous republic o Kalmykie on the wastren shore o the Caspian Sea.
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- ↑ Итоги ВПН 2010 Archived 2020-04-30 at the Wayback Machine All Russian census, 2010
- ↑ "Kalmyk-Oirat, Western Mongul in Russia :: Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ↑ State statistics committee of Ukraine – National composition of population, 2001 census (Ukrainian)
- ↑ "PRESIDENT.MN". Archived frae the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ↑ Содномпилова, М.М.; Нанзатов, Б.З. Культурное наследие народов Центральной Азии. Выпуск 3: сборник статей. Imbt. p. 34. ISBN 9785792503649. Retrieved 25 October 2014.