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2 unusual facts about Kalmyk


Kalmyk

Kalmyk people or Kalmyks (Хальмгуд), a group of western Mongolic people

Kalmykia (Хальмг Таңһч), or the Republic of Kalmykia, a federal subject of the Russian Federation


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Dariganga, Sükhbaatar

During the Outer Mongolian Revolution of 1921, he was dispatched in another attempt to re-establish control in Dariganga, but was driven out by Soviet Kalmyk troops and local partisans; the territory would thenceforth remain part of the state of Mongolia.

Languages in Star Wars

For the scene in which C-3PO speaks Ewokese, actor Anthony Daniels worked with Burtt and invented words, based on the Kalmyk recordings.

Oirats

Comprising the Khoshut (Хошууд Hošuud), Choros or Ölöt (Өөлд Ööld), Torghut (Торгууд Torguud), and Dörbet (Дөрвөд Dörvöd) tribes, they were dubbed Kalmyk or Kalmak, which means "remnant" or "to remain", by their western Turkic neighbors.

Operation Kalmyk

On 20 February 2012, The Guardian reported that Philip Campbell Smith was understood to be under investigation by Operation Kalmyk.


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