Ivan says that in the past Kalmyk soldiers knew many ways of cutting with a sword, including beheading and chopping the body into two (from the shoulder to the waist).Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwi
Ivan explains a Kalmyk saying about the village of Uldyuchin: ‘If you are planning to die, go to Uld...
Sergei shows a rare Kalmyk belt made from silver, which is his family’s relic. He says that in the w...
Gerel says that she witnessed how people killed a fox. The fox had a lot of fleas in its fur. In ord...
Nikolai talks about the importance of a whip for Kalmyk men: My son-in-law gave me this whip. He sai...
Bulgun says that her father always carried a knife with him, as it was customary. Kalmyk men’s dress...
Ivan talks about his maternal relative called Zhootkan Manzh, who was a famous hunter and a horse th...
Sergei says that Kalmyk men have two kinds of clothes: casual and for festivities. Men always wore a...
In this video a Kalmyk man shows a traditional way of making a whip. It was videotaped at the annual...
Dordzhi says the following: In the past Kalmyks used to send their maternal uncles to the land of th...
Dordzhi says that General Zhukov had two reasons not to like Kalmyks: The first reason. When he was ...
The Sarmatians used swords, bows and arrows, spears, darts in combats. A rider dropped from a horse,...
In the past, the Kalmyks hunted wolves with whips and on horseback. People did not use rifles and ca...
Sangadzhi says that the Kalmyks have a unique fate connected with wars and blood. For many centuries...
Galina recalls how in her childhood Kalmyks marked their livestock. It was done as follows: A long p...
Many Kalmyks use family relics as healing implements. Viktor says that in his family they have sever...
Ivan explains a Kalmyk saying about the village of Uldyuchin: ‘If you are planning to die, go to Uld...
Sergei shows a rare Kalmyk belt made from silver, which is his family’s relic. He says that in the w...
Gerel says that she witnessed how people killed a fox. The fox had a lot of fleas in its fur. In ord...
Nikolai talks about the importance of a whip for Kalmyk men: My son-in-law gave me this whip. He sai...
Bulgun says that her father always carried a knife with him, as it was customary. Kalmyk men’s dress...
Ivan talks about his maternal relative called Zhootkan Manzh, who was a famous hunter and a horse th...
Sergei says that Kalmyk men have two kinds of clothes: casual and for festivities. Men always wore a...
In this video a Kalmyk man shows a traditional way of making a whip. It was videotaped at the annual...
Dordzhi says the following: In the past Kalmyks used to send their maternal uncles to the land of th...
Dordzhi says that General Zhukov had two reasons not to like Kalmyks: The first reason. When he was ...
The Sarmatians used swords, bows and arrows, spears, darts in combats. A rider dropped from a horse,...
In the past, the Kalmyks hunted wolves with whips and on horseback. People did not use rifles and ca...
Sangadzhi says that the Kalmyks have a unique fate connected with wars and blood. For many centuries...
Galina recalls how in her childhood Kalmyks marked their livestock. It was done as follows: A long p...
Many Kalmyks use family relics as healing implements. Viktor says that in his family they have sever...
Ivan explains a Kalmyk saying about the village of Uldyuchin: ‘If you are planning to die, go to Uld...
Sergei shows a rare Kalmyk belt made from silver, which is his family’s relic. He says that in the w...
Gerel says that she witnessed how people killed a fox. The fox had a lot of fleas in its fur. In ord...