Kalmyk people
Astrakhan was the first settlement within Kalmykia to fall to Soviet power on Jan 25, 1918 during the Russian Civil War. The “First Kalmyk Congress of Soviets was held” in Astrakhan from July 1st to 3rd, 1918. In 1919, control of Kalmykia reverted to the White army, after which Lenin issued a proclamation “to the Kalmyk people to fight against the White guards”. Control reverted to the Bolsheviks in 1920.