The article is devoted to the question of the existence of the levirate marriage among Kalmyks in the XIXth century. The levirate was one of the fundamental institutions that maintained the stability of society and opposed the processes of social and economic fragmentation. The institute of the levirate of Kalmyk aristocracy defended their family from the loss of material and human re... https://thecookiecountesses.shop/product-category/brushes/