The
Kalmyk people (
Kalmyk: Хальмгуд,
Khal'mgud,
Mongolian: Халимаг,
Khalimag) or
Kalmyks are the
Oirats in
Russia, whose ancestors migrated from
Dzungaria in 1607. They created the
Kalmyk Khanate in 1630–1724 in Russia's North Caucasus territory. Today they form a majority in the autonomous republic of
Kalmykia on the western shore of the
Caspian Sea.