Ivan talks about his maternal relative called Zhootkan Manzh, who was a famous hunter and a horse thief. He had six fingers in his hand. He kept his hound outside and fed it with bulmg (dish made from butter and flour). With his friends he stole horses from Cossacks or from villages in the Caucasus. One day Zhootkan Manzh, along with other thieves, was killed by Cossacks.Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwi
Ivan says that in the past Kalmyk soldiers knew many ways of cutting with a sword, including beheadi...
Nikolai recounts what happened to his maternal uncle who was a manager on a farm in Tsagan-Nur:Nikol...
In the past, the Kalmyks hunted wolves with whips and on horseback. People did not use rifles and ca...
Dordzhi says the following: In the past Kalmyks used to send their maternal uncles to the land of th...
Once upon a time, there lived a khan named Badamch who lost both his eyesight and his favorite horse...
Vasiliy says that the love for horses is in the blood of Kalmyks. It was thanks to his horses that V...
Dmitriy relays a story about how his ancestors stole camels from another clan: Dmitriy relays a stor...
Elena talks about her linage, including her ancestors, father and elder brother. She also relays a l...
Once upon a time, there lived a wealthy Russian man. One day he takes two bulls and a cow with him a...
Oleg says that the Kalmyk breed of dogs disappeared following the deportation of the Kalmyk people i...
One day while grazing his horses, Mazan Baatr decided to stop at the yurt of a Tatar family. He was ...
Ubush was born in 1986. He is from the Zyungar clan. After finishing an institute in Moscow, Ubush s...
Evgeniy relays a story about an old mare that dominated her herd. Having spent six years in Yashalti...
Dzhidzha was born in Khavtkha-Barun. She is Kereit, from the Munakhn arvn. Her father was a herder, ...
Ivan says that each arvn (lineage) of the Ulduchin clan had its pastureland. For example, Shotkud ar...
Ivan says that in the past Kalmyk soldiers knew many ways of cutting with a sword, including beheadi...
Nikolai recounts what happened to his maternal uncle who was a manager on a farm in Tsagan-Nur:Nikol...
In the past, the Kalmyks hunted wolves with whips and on horseback. People did not use rifles and ca...
Dordzhi says the following: In the past Kalmyks used to send their maternal uncles to the land of th...
Once upon a time, there lived a khan named Badamch who lost both his eyesight and his favorite horse...
Vasiliy says that the love for horses is in the blood of Kalmyks. It was thanks to his horses that V...
Dmitriy relays a story about how his ancestors stole camels from another clan: Dmitriy relays a stor...
Elena talks about her linage, including her ancestors, father and elder brother. She also relays a l...
Once upon a time, there lived a wealthy Russian man. One day he takes two bulls and a cow with him a...
Oleg says that the Kalmyk breed of dogs disappeared following the deportation of the Kalmyk people i...
One day while grazing his horses, Mazan Baatr decided to stop at the yurt of a Tatar family. He was ...
Ubush was born in 1986. He is from the Zyungar clan. After finishing an institute in Moscow, Ubush s...
Evgeniy relays a story about an old mare that dominated her herd. Having spent six years in Yashalti...
Dzhidzha was born in Khavtkha-Barun. She is Kereit, from the Munakhn arvn. Her father was a herder, ...
Ivan says that each arvn (lineage) of the Ulduchin clan had its pastureland. For example, Shotkud ar...
Ivan says that in the past Kalmyk soldiers knew many ways of cutting with a sword, including beheadi...
Nikolai recounts what happened to his maternal uncle who was a manager on a farm in Tsagan-Nur:Nikol...
In the past, the Kalmyks hunted wolves with whips and on horseback. People did not use rifles and ca...