The Kalmak Tatars (
Siberian Tatar
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: ''калмактар'') are one of the three subgroups of
Tom group
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of
Siberian Tatars
Siberian Tatars ( sty, , ), the ethnographic and ethnoterritorial group of Tatars of Western Siberia, the indigenous Turkic-speaking population of the forests and steppes of Western Siberia, originate in areas stretching from somewhat east of ...
. Their traditional areas of settlement are northeastern parts of
Kemerovo Oblast, close to town of
Yurga.
Origin of the Kalmaks is in the 17th century, when a group of
Teleuts from central parts of Kemerovo Oblast migrated to the north. Kalmaks accepted Islam in the late 18th century, under the influence of
Volga Tatars
The Volga Tatars or simply Tatars ( tt-Cyrl, татарлар, tatarlar) are a Turkic ethnic group native to the Volga-Ural region of Russia. They are subdivided into various subgroups. Volga Tatars are Russia's second-largest ethnicity after t ...
and
Siberian Bukharans The Siberian Bukharans (self-designation: ''Poğarlı'') are an ethnographic and sociocultural group in Siberia. They constituted a significant part of the Tobol-Irtysh and Tom groups of Siberian Tatars.
The legend has it that their ancestors cam ...
, and therefore created endogamous barrier between Kalmaks and
Russians
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, which helped Kalmaks to preserve themselves.
ЭТНИЧЕСКИЕ ПРОЦЕССЫ У КАЛМАКОВ
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In 19th-20th centuries Kalmaks inhabited mainly Zimnik, Bolshoy Ulus close to the town of Yurga, and Yurty-Konstantinovy to the northeast of Yurga, close to the Tomsk Oblast
Tomsk Oblast (russian: То́мская о́бласть, ''Tomskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It lies in the southeastern West Siberian Plain, in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District. Its administrative cen ...
.
References
Siberian Tatars
Kemerovo Oblast
Indigenous peoples of North Asia
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