The Buzava or Buzava Kalmyks are the ethnic
Kalmyk people
Kalmyks (), archaically anglicised as Calmucks (), are the only Mongolic ethnic group living in Europe, residing in the easternmost part of the European Plain.
This dry steppe area, west of the lower Volga River, known among the nomads as ...
centered in the western
Republic of Kalmykia, in the present day
Southern Federal District
The Southern Federal District ( rus, Южный федеральный округ, p=ˈjuʐnɨj fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnɨj ˈokrʊk) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. Its territory lies mostly on the Pontic–Caspian steppe of Sou ...
of Russia.
In 1699 group of the
Dörbets of
Oirat, a Choros clan within the
Oirat tribe, migrated from the
Buddhist
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Kalmyk people in the
Volga River
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area to join the
Don Cossacks
Don Cossacks (, ) or Donians (, ), are Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don River (Russia), Don. Historically, they lived within the former Don Cossack Host (, ), which was either an independent or an autonomous democratic rep ...
people. They eventually became called the Buzava Kalmyks.
They resettled with the Don Cossacks along the middle and lower
Don River
The Don () is the fifth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Central Russia to the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, it is one of Russia's largest rivers and played an important role for traders from the Byzantine Empire.
Its basin is betwee ...
in Kalmykia.
Sources
* Wixman. ''The Peoples of the USSR''. p. 34
Ethnic groups in Russia
Kalmyk people
Oirats
Kalmykia
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