ut ▁leader ▁K ho ▁Or l uk ▁sister s . ▁During ▁the ▁Dal ai ▁Ta ishi ▁period ▁( cir ca ▁ 1 6 2 5 ), ▁the ▁O irat ▁tribes ▁lived ▁in ▁harm ony . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 1 6 , ▁Dal ai ▁Ta ishi ▁established ▁diplom atic ▁relations ▁with ▁the ▁Ts ard om ▁of ▁Russia . ▁The ▁next ▁year ▁Dal ai ▁Ta ishi ' s ▁son ▁Sol om ▁T ser en ▁joined ▁the ▁Kal my ks ▁on ▁the ▁Vol ga ▁with ▁ 4 , 0 0 0 ▁households . ▁In ▁ 1 6 9 9 ▁a ▁body ▁of ▁the ▁D ör b ets ▁joined ▁the ▁Don ▁C oss acks , ▁eventually ▁becoming ▁the ▁B uz ava ▁Kal my ks . ▁Tra pped ▁west ▁of ▁the ▁Vol ga , ▁the ▁Do ' rb ets ▁could ▁not ▁join ▁the ▁ 1 7 7 1 ▁flight ▁of ▁the ▁T org ud s , ▁and ▁hence ▁domin ated ▁the ▁remaining ▁Kal my ks . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁they ▁had ▁split ▁into ▁the ▁L esser ▁D ör b ets , ▁living ▁in ▁northern ▁Kal my k ia ▁and ▁the ▁Gre ater ▁D ör b ets , ▁living ▁around ▁Lake ▁Many ch - G ud ilo . ▁ ▁Meanwhile , ▁the ▁D ör b ets ▁in ▁the ▁O irat ▁hom eland ▁remained ▁a ▁major ▁tribe ▁of ▁the ▁D zung ars . ▁In ▁ 1 7 5 3 ▁three ▁of ▁their ▁chief s ▁submitted ▁to ▁the ▁Q ing ▁dynast y .