people
Kalmyks
Kalmyk
also: калмыцкий, Kalmyk
A Mongolic, historically Buddhist people settled on the lower Volga since the 17th century, known in 19th-century Russian usage as a byword for a distinctive broad, high-cheekboned facial type.
Reading notes
- A Case from Judicial Practice §12 Kalmyk cheekbones
The Kalmyks, a Mongolic people of the lower Volga, were a standard 19th-century Russian reference point for broad, high cheekbones -- the advocate reaches for the stereotype to make the defendant's face seem more sympathetically 'exotic' and simple.