Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
| Created: | 2015-03-14 18:38 |
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| Institution: | Department of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Description: | The Buzava is a sub-ethnic group of Kalmyks, which was formed later than others. They are descendants of those Kalmyks who left the rest of the Kalmyks and migrated to the Salsk steppe and the Don region to become Cossacks. This migration started in the seventeenth century and continued until the 1760s. In the first half of the nineteenth century there was another movement of people in that direction. Having settled down, these Buddhist Kalmyks came to be known as Don's Kalmyk-Cossacks or Buzava. According to some Kalmyk scholars, the ethnonym buzava derives from two words bu ‘rifle’ and zava ‘showed’ (i.e. ‘those who showed rifles’), alluding to the military occupation of this group. According to yet another version, the ethnonym derives from the expression ‘based, or settled’ Kalmyks.
The ethnic composition of the Buzava has been mixed, consisting of the following clans or lineages: Baga-Bural, Baga-Tsookhor, Bargas, Bartskhas, Bisyankin, Burgud, Bushkhud, Cheslyankin, Zamud, Zalkhus, Kyuvyud, Iki Tshookhor, Kevtyul, Kyuures, Maanin Zet, Mangat, Merket, Mongol, Noogan Namchad, Nomchi, Nyar, Nyuursyud, Sokhad, Telyanken, Tugtun, Tyachud, Ukralachin, Uldechiner, Uchkyud, Kharada, Khoo Bukhas, Khotkhod Khoshud, Kood, Shavad, Shara Mongol, Sharyad, Khavchin, Shevnr, Tsarmud, Tsoros, Erketen, Bambar, Burut, Chonos, Keke-Nurinkhed, and others. On this page, you can watch videos about the Buzava, their constituent lineages, stories, legends, and much more. |
Media items
This collection contains 16 media items.
Media items
Anatoliy Safinov, About Kalmyk Groups
Anatoliy tells a story about the origin of the Baga Derbet and Iki Derbet clans. He also contends that Amursana (a Kalmyk nobility) gathered various Kalmyk groups and resettled...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sun 27 Sep 2015
Bembya Fedorov, About the Fedorov Clan
The surname of Fedorov is known among practically all Kalmyk clans, including the Torghut, the Buzava and the Derbet. The Fedorovs of the Derbet clan live in the villages of...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 30 Jan 2017
Danara Ungarlinov, About Novonikolayevskaya Stanitsa
Danara says that the stanitsa of Novonikolayevskaya was famous among the 13 Buzava stanitsas for its beautiful gardens. The stanitsa, whose Kalmyk name was Bogshrankin aimag, had...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 11 Jun 2019
Erdni Manzhikov, About the Don Kalmyks
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 8 Jan 2018
Erdni Manzhikov, About the Etymology of Buzava
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 8 Jan 2018
Garya Naminov, About the Kalmyk Groups
Garya: From what I heard from knowledgeable people and read from newspaper articles, the Kalmyks consisted of the Torghuts and the Derbets.
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sat 3 Mar 2018
Ivan Modunkaev, Etymology of the Word Buzava
Ivan talks about two versions of the etymology of the ethnonym Buzava.
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 8 May 2015
Ksenia Konchieva, The Development of Otok (Clans) in Kalmykia
Ksenia talks about the formation of otok (clans) among the Kalmyks.
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sat 3 Mar 2018
Mingiyan Lidzhiev, About the Buzavas
Mingiyan says that there are several etymologies of the word Buzava. According to one that he heard from a Buzava woman from Shin-Byadl, the Buzavas originate from the 13 aimaks...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sun 5 May 2019
Nadezhda Tarancheeva , About the Origin of the Buzava Group
Nadezhda recounts legends about the origin of Baga Derbet, Iki-Derbet and Buzava groups:
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 7 May 2019
Oleg Minaev, The Clans of the Don Kalmyks
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 17 May 2018
Olga Budzhalova, A Legend About the Keryads
In the past girls were married away to distant places. One day, a man decides to pay his sister a visit, who lived in a place far away. Upon arriving at her house, he sees that...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Mon 22 Apr 2019
Sanj Khoyt, About the Buzava
In the past the Kalmyks participated in many wars and conquests waged by Russia. During such military campaigns, the Kalmyks often reached the lands of the Cossacks with whom they...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sat 18 Mar 2017
Sanj Khoyt, About the Khoyt
In the past the Khoyts comprised a separate aimak. In Kalmykia, the Khoyts can be found among the Derbet, Buzava and Torghut. Khoyts also live in Astrakhan oblast'.
The...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Sat 18 Mar 2017
Ubush Darzhinov, About the Buzava
The Buzava consists of many sub-clans, including the Erkten, Chonos and so on. The Buzavas are those who went to Don and joined the Cossacks. Despite living among Christian...
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 24 Mar 2017
Ubush Darzhinov, About the Zungar
The Zungars are the last among the Kalmyk groups to arrive in the Volga region in the 1740s. Some of them settled in Chilgir and others went further to join the Cossaks in Don....
Collection: Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Project (BUZAVA)
Institution: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Fri 24 Mar 2017