The Turhots were a major Mongolian tribe who were compelled to migrate westward towards the end of the Ming Dynasty under continual attacks by the Zhungaer tribe. They then settled in the lower reaches of the Volga in Russia.

• 土尔扈特，原是我国厄鲁特蒙古四大部族之一，明朝末年，该部不堪准噶尔部的欺凌，被迫向西移牧，迁到伏尔加河下游。