Academic Degree: Doct. of Historical Sc.

Academic Rank: Associate Professor

Position: Chief Research Associate

Affiliation: Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS

Contact Data:

utash-ochirov@yandex.ru

General Information:

Education and Training, Previous Employing Institutions

1995 — graduated from the Kalmyk State University

1995–1998 — postgraduate courses, the Kalmyk State University

2000 till present — research associate, chief research associate, deputy director, leading research associate, deputy director, chief research associate, Kalmyk Institute for Humanitarian Studies (from 2017 — Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS)

Key Disciplines Taught:

History of Russia (basic course)

History of Kalmykia

Research Interests: military history, ethnic history of Mongolian peoples

List of Most Essential Works:

Monographs:

Ochirov U. B. Kalmykia during the Civil War (1917–1920). Elista, 2006. 448 p.

Ochir-Goryaeva M. A., Sanchirov V. P., Dorzhieva G. Sh., Batmaev M. M., Ochirov U. B., Belousov S. S., Batyrov V. V., Baskhaev A. N., Bayanova A. T., Alekseeva P. E. History of Kalmykia from Ancient Times till Present. In 3 vol. Vol. I. Elista, 2009. 848 p.

Maksimov K. N., Komandzhaev A. N., Ochirov U. B., Badmaeva E. N., Matsakova N. P., Bayanova A. T., Alekseeva P. E. History of Kalmykia from Ancient Times till Present. In 3 vol. Vol. II. Elista, 2009. 840 p.

Ochirov U. B., Bakaeva E. P., Mitirov A. G., Batyreva S. G., et al. History of Kalmykia from Ancient Times till Present. In 3 vol. Vol. III. Elista, 2009. 752 p.

Akkieva S. I., Arapkhanova L. Ya., Bugai N. F., Koichuev A. D., Ochirov U. B., Khatuev I. Z., Chebotareva V. G. The Contribution of Repressed Peoples of USSR in the Victory in the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945). Vol. I. Elista, 2010. 575 p.

Tishkov V. A., Cheshko S. V., Missonova L. I., Bakaeva E. P., Zhukovskaya N. L., Sanchirov V. P., Ochirov U. B., et al. The Kalmyks (Series ‘Peoples and Cultures’). Moscow, 2010. 568 p.

Maksimov K. N., Ochirov U. B. Kalmyks in the Napoleonic Wars. Elista, 2012. 519 p.

Document Collections:

Volga Stavropol Kalmyks: middle of 1730s – 1^st half 19^th cent. Documents and Materials. In 4 vol. Vol. 3. Stavropol Kalmyk Army in 1^st half 19^th cent. / compil. by Dzhundzhuzov S. V., Ochirov U. B., Ryazhev A. S., Tepikin A. V. Elista, 2012.

The Participation of the Kalmyks in the Napoleonic Wars. Collection of Documents and Materials / compil. by Kozhenbaeva L. P., Maksimov K. N., Mandzhikova L. B., Ochirov U. B., Tepkeev V. T. Elista, 2012.

Memoirs and Letters of the 28^th Army (3^rd Formation)’s Veterans: Collection of Documents and Materials / compil. by Muchaeva I. I., Okonova S. V., Ochirov U. B., Khakhinov V. P. Elista, 2015.

Articles:

Ochirov U. B. The Impact of the Civil War (1918–1920) for Economics of Kalmykia. Otechestvennaya istoriya. 2006. No. 1. P. 73–84.

Ochirov U. B. The 1^st Kalmyk Regiment Formation and Its Military Experience in the War of 1812–1814. Bylye gody. 2012. No. 3. P. 17–29.

Ochirov U. B. The Impact of Repressions of the Red Army’s High Command on Defeat of Soviet Army in the Beginning of the Great Patriotic War Revisited. Problemy istorii massovyh politicheskih repressij v SSSR. Proceedings of the 8^th International Scientific Conference. Krasnodar, 2013. Vol. 1. P. 250–265.

Ochirov U. B. From a Cossack (Private) to Colonel General: Military Biography of O. I. Gorodovikov. Vestnik Kalmyckogo instituta gumanitarnyh issledovanij RAN. 2014. No. 3. P. 37-49.

Ochirov U. B. La participation des régiments kalmouks à la Guerre de 1812 // Slavica Occitania. № 39 (2014).  Confrontations impériales (1812–1814): Évolution de l’identité et de l’image de la Russie dans le contexte européen. P. 127–168.

Ochirov U. B. The Operation “Big Saturn”: Plan and Implementation Opportunities. Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosuniversiteta. Ser. 4 ‘History, Regional Studies, International Affairs’. 2015. No. 4 (34). P. 55–67.

Ochirov U. B. The Aces of the Soviet Air Forces of 1941. Yug Rossii i sopredel'nye strany v vojnah i vooruzhennyh konfliktah. Proceedings of Russian Scientific Conference with International Participation (Rostov-on-Don, 22-25 June 2016). Rostov-on-Don, 2016. P. 154–163.

Ochirov U. B. The Database of Kalmyks, Cavaliers of the Order of Glory: and Experiment on Compilation and Statistic Analysis. Russkaya starina. 2016. No. 3 (19). P. 218–239.

Ochirov U. B. The Formation of the 110^th and 111^th Kalmyk Cavalry Divisions in 1941–1942: Difficulties and Results. Novyj istoricheskij vestnik. 2017. No. 4 (54). P. 55–70.

Ochirov U. B. Kalmykia’s Residents — Recipients of ‘Orders for Military Commanding Officers’. Oriental Studies. 2018. No. 5. P. 27–47.

Zayarnyy S. A., Ochirov U. B. The “Runaway” 100^th Kalmyk Cavalry Division: the Reality of the War and Historical Myth. Novyj istoricheskij vestnik. 2018. No. 4 (58). P. 34–63.