SAYINKHAN (BATUKHAN) TURKMENS: TO THE QUESTION, ITS HISTORY AND PREHISTORY (according to different lists of "Oguzname" and some other sources)
In this article as an example of a specific material history of the Turkmen people, compared with individual moments in history of the Kalmyk people affected by issues related to the Mongol conquest of Central Asia and their implications in the ethnogenesis of the Turkmen. Key words: Turkmen (Oguz), Kalmyk (Oirat), tribe and nation, ethnic composition.