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Don Kalmyk officers during the Napoleonic War

Don Kalmyk officers during the Napoleonic War.

Kalmyk warriors in Russian Army 1812.


Don Kalmyk officers during the Napoleonic War
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Kalmykia history

The Kalmyks originate from Central Asia. Their ancestors — the Oirats — belonged to the western branch of Mongolian peoples and represented a very powerful alliance of tribes which were formations of the early feudal state under which dominion the whole Mongolia was in the first half of XV сentury. Consequently interregional conflicts and a number of military bad lucks caused the reduction of Oirat Empire.
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