Ойраты, джунгары, калмыки. Один народ, три трагедии

Oirats: one people – three tragic destinies. Dzungars: a great khanate, almost destroyed by the Qing in the 1750s – genocide and the depopulation of Dzungaria. Oirats: guardians of the homeland in Mongolia and Xinjiang. Kalmyks: retreated to the Volga, half of whom perished in the desperate "dusty march" back in 1771. One blood, one language, one Buddhism – and the unbreakable will of nomads. #Oirats #Kalmyks #Dzungars #WesternMongols #DzungarKhanate #DustyMarch #Nomads #Buddhism