According to the 1920 census, 126,256 people lived on the region's territory, including 124,501 rural and 1,655 urban inhabitants. At the same time, the predominant population was Kalmyks - 84,950 people, Russians, according to the census, numbered 40,034 people, the rest - Ukrainians, Tatars, Kirghiz, and others. •
Kalmyks - 67.28% •
Russians - 31.7% • Others - 1% •
Rural - 98.6% •
Urban - 1.31% ==References==