“Hell's devils: How Russia's steppe warriors took on Napoleon's armies,” by Alexander Vershinin, in Russia Beyond the Headlines 28 July, 2014 (online edition):
“…Direct descendants of the fearsome Mongol hordes of Genghis Khan, in the early 19th century Kalmyk cavalrymen were to play a significant role in driving Napoleon's Grande Armée out of Russia and all the way back to Paris, with their ancient battle skills sowing confusion and terror in the French ranks…”