Kalmyk Khanate

E371615

The Kalmyk Khanate was a 17th–18th century nomadic Mongol state on the lower Volga River, whose Oirat rulers served as vassals of the Russian Empire while maintaining their own steppe-based political and military structures.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kalmyk Khanate canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical state
khanate
nomadic polity
borderedBy Caspian Sea region
Pontic–Caspian steppe
surface form: Nogai steppe

Russian principalities
capital Khoshutovskaya
causeOfEnd integration into Russian imperial administration
continent Asia
Europe
economy pastoral nomadism
endTime 1771
late 18th century
ethnicGroup Kalmyk
surface form: Kalmyks

Oirats
governmentType hereditary monarchy
nomadic khanate
hasNotableRuler Ayuka Khan
Kho Orluk
hasTitleOfRuler Khan
historicalRegion Republic of Kalmykia
surface form: Kalmykia
language Kalmyk
surface form: Kalmyk Oirat
languageFamily Mongolic languages
locatedIn Pontic–Caspian steppe
Russian Empire
lower Volga region
mainLivelihood cattle herding
horse herding
sheep herding
militaryAllyOf Russian Empire
militaryStructure cavalry-based army
notableEvent 1771 Kalmyk migration to Dzungaria
participatedIn Russo-Turkish Wars
surface form: Russo–Turkish wars

wars against the Crimean Khanate
politicalStructure steppe-based political system
tribal federation
population Kalmyk
surface form: Kalmyk Mongols
presentDayLocation Russia
surface form: Russian Federation
religion Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
shamanism
rulingClass Oirat nobility
rulingDynasty Torghut Oirats
startTime 1630
1630s
successor Astrakhan Governorate NERFINISHED
Kalmyk Steppe within Russian Empire
vassalTo Russian Empire

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kalmyk politicalEntity Kalmyk Khanate
subject surface form: Kalmyk people
Oirat confederation (periodically) successor Kalmyk Khanate
subject surface form: Oirat confederation
Oirat people notableState Kalmyk Khanate
Oirat Mongols foundedState Kalmyk Khanate