Kal'mucks or Calmucks, a wandering, warlike Mongol race, originally natives of the territory of central Asia, but now inhabiting not only parts of the Chinese Empire, but also districts of Siberia and European Russia. They are intrepid soldiers and splendid horsemen, and troops of them are attached to almost every Cossack regiment. Many of the Russian Kalmucks have been converted to Christianity. Physically they are small of stature, broad-shouldered, with small, round heads and narrow, oblique eyes.