A traditional greeting among the Kalmyks includes the phrase “Chi kenya kun?” which means “Which clan do you belong to? Who are your parents and ancestors?” In Kalmyk society people were supposed to think about the honor of their respective clans first and only then to think about themselves. If someone committed a crime – stole or cheated - that person’s clan was avoided by others. People from other clans would not marry them. In such situations, members of the disgraced clan intermarried with each other. The Kalmyks are not merchants and do not have a calculating mentality. They also do not betray others. Sometimes Russians used this for their advantage. They would steal cattle and wrongly accuse Kalmyks, knowing that the Kalmyks would never give them away. Many accuse Kalmyks for being lazy and loving to drink too much. But whenever Kalmyks put their minds to doing something, they do it until the end and often succeed in what they do. Oleg’s generation has been taught to be modest. Kalmyks from his generation still unwittingly perceive people in uniforms as their enemies, because of their exile experience.