Torghut
Total population | |
---|---|
202,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
China | 106,000[1] |
Russia | 82,500 |
Mongolia | 14,176[2] |
Languages | |
Torgut dialect of Oirat | |
Religion | |
Tibetan Buddhism, Mongolian shamanism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Mongols, especially Oirats |
The Torghut (
History
They might have been
Due to harsh treatment by Russian governors, most Torghuts eventually migrated back to Dzungaria and western Mongolia, departing en masse on January 5, 1771.[3] While the first phase of their movement became the Old Torghuts, the Qing called the later Torghut immigrants "New Torghut". The size of the departing group has been variously estimated between 150,000 and 400,000 people, with perhaps as many as six million animals (cattle, sheep, horses, camels and dogs).[4] Beset by raids, thirst and starvation, approximately 85,000 survivors made it to Dzungaria, where they settled near the Ejin River with the permission of the Qing Emperor.[4] The Torghuts were coerced by the Qing into giving up their nomadic lifestyle and to take up sedentary agriculture instead as part of a deliberate policy by the Qing to enfeeble them.[citation needed]
The Kalmuks on the river Tekes had not sent the assistance demanded by the Governor, being angry that he had not assisted them when they had been attacked a few months before by the Kara-Kirghiz. At last, however, when their great temple on the Ili had been plundered by the Dungans, their Lama excited them to revenge. They therefore marched down to near Ili and signally defeated the insurgents, who after that dared no longer show themselves in the vicinity. The harvest was now ripe, and the grain was greatly needed by the suffering garrison and town population, but no one dared to reap it for fear of the Dungans. The Governor therefore ordered the Kalmuks to gather the harvest, but, as they were nomads who despised agriculture, they refused, and when threats were offered, they all decamped, and no persuasions could bring them back. After their departure the Dungans immediately resumed operations. Of the frightful position of affairs in the fortress, we learn something from Colonel Reinthal, who was there in July and September 1865, to obtain information on the position. It is much to be regretted that the Russian Government did not act upon the information contained in his reports, and either give some active support to the Chinese authorities, or itself occupy the country to prevent bloodshed. The scarcity of provisions in Ili became such that the Governor at last saw himself obliged to dismiss his last auxiliaries, the Thagor Kalmuks. In the meantime both Solons and Sibos were being attacked and plundered, and were obliged to make peace with the insurgents, so that only Ili, Khorgos, Losigun, and Suidun, remained in the hands of the Mantchus. Ili was now entirely surrounded, and it was resolved to reduce it by famine.[5][6][7][8]
A group of around 70,000 Torghuts were left behind in Russia, since (according to legend) the
In 1906, the Qing put western
An exhibition in memorial to the Torghut exodus from the Volga to the Qing Empire is found at the Potala Palace, Chengde.[citation needed]
Language
Modern notable Torghuts in Mongolia
- Shiileg, a hero of Mongolia
- Badam, a hero of Mongolia
- Purevjal, a famous Mongolian singer
- Luvsan, a hero of Labor of Mongolia
- Otgontsagaan, a hero of Labor of Mongolia
- Batlai, a hero of Labor of Mongolia
- Tuvshin, a hero of Labor of Mongolia
- Baadai, a hero of Labor of Mongolia
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