The Kalmucks had never considered themselves as Russians and cared nothing for Russian power struggles, but were drawn into the fighting willy-nilly and were to pay the tragic price in a series of genocides.
從不以「俄國人」自居，也不關心俄國政權鬥爭的喀爾瑪克人，卻無法倖免地捲入了這場內戰，並且為此付出一連串「亡國滅種」的悲慘代價。