Oirats (Mongolian: Ойрад Oirad; in the past also Eleuths) are the westernmost group of the Mongols whose ancestral home is in the Altai region of western Mongolia. Although the Oirats originated in the eastern parts of Central Asia the most prominent group today is located in the Republic of Kalmykia a federal subject of the Russian Federation where they are called Kalmyks.
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