Kalmyk Khanate
The Kalmyks (Kalmyk: Хальмгуд, "Xaľmgud", Mongolian: Халимагууд, "Halimag"; , archaically anglicised as "Calmucks") are a Mongolian subgroup in Russia and Kyrgyzstan, whose ancestors migrated from Dzungaria. They created the Kalmyk Khanate in 1630–1771 in Russia's North Caucasus territory. Today they form a majority in the Republic of Kalmykia located in the Kalmyk Steppe, on the western shore of the Caspian Sea.