Ethnic Kalmyks That Lived in Mongolia during the Revolution of 1921

Introduction. The contacts between Mongolia and Kalmykia were intensive enough in the 1920s. In 1921, a group of Kalmyks arrived in Mongolia to further participate in the revolutionary events. So far there have been no essential doubts as for numbers of ethnic Kalmyks to have been involved into the revolutionary movement. There is available data on 130 Kalmyks the bulk of whom were serving in the Mongolian People’s Army and also functioned as translators. Goals. The article aims at analyzing newly discovered archival materials to specify data on the participation of Kalmyks in the Mongolian Revolution of 1921. Results. The paper introduces new data on Kalmyks that arrived in Mongolia in 1921, clarifies their numbers, and concludes the Mongolian events of the early 1920s were attended by a total of 136 ethnic Kalmyks

Ethnic group · Geography · Political science · Chinese history and philosophy · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Law · Soviet and Russian History