Kalmyk
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Kalmyk "Kalmuck," "Kalmuk," or "Kalmyki"' may refer to:
- Kalmyk peopleKalmyk peopleKalmyk people is the name given to the Oirats, western Mongols in Russia, whose descendants migrated from Dzhungaria in 1607. Today they form a majority in the autonomous Republic of Kalmykia on the western shore of the Caspian Sea. Kalmykia is Europe's only Buddhist government...
or Kalmyks (Хальмгуд), a group of western Mongolic people - Kalmyk languageKalmyk languageThe Kalmyk language , or Russian Oirat, is the native speech of the Kalmyk people of the Republic of Kalmykia, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. In Russia, it is the normative form of the Oirat language , which belongs to the Mongolic language family...
(Хальмг келн), the language of the Kalmyk people - Kalmyk (cattle)Kalmyk (cattle)Kalmyk cattle are a beef cattle breed originating in Mongolia and northwestern China and taken to southeastern Russia by migrating Kalmyk tribes in the early 17th century. They are now found in central Asia on dry steppe pastures....
, beef cattle breed originating with Kalmyk people - KalmykiaKalmykiaThe Republic of Kalmykia is a federal subject of Russia . Population: It is the only Buddhist region in Europe. It has also become well-known as an international chess mecca because its former President, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, is the head of the International Chess Federation .-Geography:*Area:...
(Хальмг Таңһч), or the Republic of Kalmykia, a federal subject of the Russian Federation