Mikhail’s story:When my grandfather died, my father was 5 years old. My uncle, who was a postman, was the eldest in the family. Despite being older than my father, he respected my father. My father knew oral history well. I remember once he read us a part from the epos Jangar all night long. This part which is about Savr the Heavy Hand is different from the one that is published. In the past, Kalmyks knew 7-10 generations back. In the Soviet period, such people could be accused of clanism.