Dörbet Oirat
The Dörbet (Kalmyk: Дөрвд, Dörwyd; Mongolian: Дөрвөд, Dörvöd, lit. "the Fours"; Chinese: 杜尔伯特部; pinyin: Dù'ěrbótè Bù; also known in English as the Derbet) is the second largest subgroup of Mongol people in modern Mongolia and was formerly one of the major tribes of the Four Oirat confederation in the 15th-18th centuries. In early times, the Dörbets and the Öold were overruled by collateral branches of the Choros lineage. The Dörbets are distributed among the western provinces of Mongolia, Kalmykia and in a small portion in Heilongjiang, China. In modern-day Mongolia, the Dörbets are centered in Uvs Province.
Location of the Dörbet in the Oirat Confederation | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 130,000–150,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mongolia | 72,403 |
| Russia | 54,000 |
| Languages | |
| Oirat, Russian, Mongolian | |
| Religion | |
| Tibetan Buddhism, Mongolian Shamanism, Atheism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Mongols, especially Oirats | |
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