卡尔梅克人的概况卡尔梅克人,原是突厥语对大漠之西蒙古土尔扈特部的称呼。土尔扈特本是统一的蒙古族卫拉特四部之一(包括和硕特、准噶尔、杜尔伯特、土尔扈特四部)。明朝末年,该部族大部分离开原在塔尔巴哈台(今中国新疆境内)的游牧故土向西迁徙。当时,准噶 Overview of the Kalmyks The Kalmyks, formerly of Turkic called the Mongolian Turgut departments of the desert. Torghut is one of the four Mongol Oirats (including Heshute, Junggar, Durbert and Torghut). At the end of the Ming Dynasty, most of the tribe left the nomadic homeland formerly found in Talbahatai (now Xinjiang) to migrate westward. At that time, Junggar