Kalmyks
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.
| Tot population | |
|---|---|
| 196,000 | |
| Regions wi signeeficant populations | |
 Kalmykie (Roushie) | |
 Roushie | 183,372 |
 Ukraine | 325 |
 Kyrgyzstan | 12,000 |
| Leids | |
| Kalmyk Oirat, Roushie | |
| Releegion | |
| Predominantly Tibetan Buddhism Minority Orthodox Christianity in Roushie Majority Sunni Islam in Kyrgyzstan | |
| Relatit ethnic groups | |
| Mongols, especially Oirats | |
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