Sarangov, Ts. A. “Tsaagjin Bichig” – the federal code of law of the XVII Kalmyks.

Abstract: The history of studies of the Kalmyk and Mongolian law lasts for more than two hundred years. The scholars, who studied its sources saw them as the basis for the studies of the political, social and economic structure of the Kalmyks. “Tsaagjin Bichig” (Mongolian and Oirat Laws of 1640”, “The Steppe Code”, “Ikh Tsaaz”) was also studied by the modern scholars, specializing in the Mongolinan law, the law of the Altai peoples and other Mongolian peoples…