The Kalmyk Khanate is an Oirat khanate on the Eurasian steppe.
It covers the area called Kalmykia and the surrounding areas stretching from Stavropol to Astrakhan.
For over a hundred years the Kalmyk alternately raidsthe southern borderlands of Russia[ but also protectssouthern borders of Russia and engaging in many military expeditions against the Muslim tribes of Central Asia, the North Caucasus and Crimea.
The Kalmyk conduct many military expeditions against the Crimean Tatars, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kuban Tatars and also wage wars against the Kazakhs, subjugate the Mangyshlak Turkmens, and make multiple expeditions against the highlanders of the North Caucasus.
The Khanate is annexed by the Russian Empire in 1771.
