page_title: Kalmykian Cavalry Corps
hierarchical_section_title: Kalmykian Cavalry Corps
context_page_description: The Kalmykian Cavalry Corps was a unit of about 5,000 Kalmyk volunteers who chose to join the German Army in 1942 rather than remain in Kalmykia as German forces retreated before the Red Army. In 1943, Stalin subsequently declared the Kalmyk population as a whole to be German collaborators and had them deported to Siberia suffering great loss of life.
context_section_description: The Kalmykian Cavalry Corps (German: Kalmücken-Kavallerie-Korps) was a unit of about 5,000 Kalmyk volunteers who chose to join the German Army in 1942 rather than remain in Kalmykia as German forces retreated before the Red Army. In 1943, Stalin subsequently declared the Kalmyk population as a whole to be German collaborators and had them deported to Siberia suffering great loss of life.
caption: Kalmyk volunteer in the service of the Wehrmacht
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