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Introduction. The article deals with the 1725 assassination of Nitar-Dorji, a significant political event in the Kalmyk Khanate’s history that so far has not been investigated in detail. The article aims at introducing new archival material devoted to the period of Kalmyk Khan Tseren-Donduk’ rule (1724–1735).
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Alla Saldusova, About Poetry and Kalmyk Language
Alla talks briefly about how she discovered for herself Kalmyk poetry and culture through ...
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Nadvid Ubushiev, Kalmyk wedding
Nadvid says that in the past Kalmyk matchmaking consisted of several stages. Matchmaking started with the parents of the groom paying a visit to the parents of the potential bride. Each stage entailed the observation of special rituals and customs.
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Projects for Reforming the Court System of Kalmykia in the Early 20th Century
The article studies the elaboration of projects for reforming the judicial system and proceedings in Kalmyk Steppe in the early 20th century. Archival materials of the National Archive of the Republic of Kalmykia served as the basis for the research ...
V. S. Shurguchieva
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Kalmyk-Tibetan Relations at the Turn of the 17th and 18th Centuries
The article deals with an episode in the history of Tibetan-Kalmyk relations at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. Galdan Boshugtu Khan’s death and the 6th Dalai Lama’s formal assumption of political power in Tibet in 1697, arrival of Arabjur’s ...
V. T. Tepkeev, V. P. Sanchirov
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Viktor Sandzhiev, about the Kalmyk breed of livestock
Viktor says that a brother of his maternal grandfather bred camels. When Kalmyks were deported in 1943, all Kalmyk sheep were sent to Kazakhstan where they were inter-bred with the local species. Kalmyk sheep are cold resistant and give birth on the snow.
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The article is devoted to history of the political crisis which has begun in Kalmyk khanate after death of khan Donduk Ombo and connected with desire of the widow Dzhan to seize power.
Ilya Vasilyevich Toropitsyn
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Introduction. The object of the analysis is the official correspondence of the 18th century between Russian and Kalmyk authorities. Methods and materials.
Danara Suseeva, Oksana Gorban
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The Origins of the Üldchnr Ethnic Group Revisited
The article considers the origins of the sub-ethnic group known as Üldchnr which is absent from any member lists of the Oirat ethno- political alliances that arrived in the Lower Volga Region in the 17th century, nor is it on the 18th century list of the
T. I. Sharaeva
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Introduction. There are good sketches about the status of the Kalmyk women in everyday life and social relations in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the pre-revolutionary historical literature on the Kalmyks. The 18th century was an important stage in the formation of new realities in the Kalmyk everyday life and in this regard in the development ...
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