While the Bashkirs had a clear unified role in the rebellion, the Buddhist Kalmyks and Muslim Kazakhs, neighboring Turkic tribes in the steppe, were involved in a more fragmented way.
Sementara Bashkirs memiliki peran terpadu yang jelas dalam pemberontakan, Kalmyks Buddhis dan Muslim Kazakh , suku Turkic tetangga di padang rumput, terlibat dalam cara yang lebih terfragmentasi.