Name
Tepkeev Vladimir Toltaevich
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Organization, job position
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Articles count: 1
The article deals with a political crisis in the Kalmyk
khanate and the departure of the part of the Volga
Kalmyks from South Russia to the borders of the
Jungar khanate at the beginning of the XVIII century.
The dramatic events of 1701–1702 which were caused
by a race for power in a khanʼs family or by an attempt
of «palace revolution» are considered in chronological
sequence. This conflict was used by the representatives
of the Kalmyk ruling elite who were dissatisfied with
the khan Ayukaʼs policy and interested in the change
of the political power. But the support of the tsarist
government given to the Kalmyk khan ruined the plans
of the conspirators and some part of them embracing
15 thousand of nomad tents moved on to the territory
of Jungaria. This event which cardinally influenced on
the alignment of forces in the Oirat society
considerably weakened the Kalmyk khanate and
correspondingly increased the population size in the
Jungar khanate