Today the fixation, translation and publication of Kalmyk paroemias has a two-centuries history. At the same time there are archival records of Proverbs and sayings that have not yet been introduced into wide scientific circulation. The handwritten collection of I. I. Popov's paroemias from the funds of the state archive of the Rostov region is the interest for researching many issues of Kalmyk studies, wider Mongol studies: from the publication of folklore texts, translation problems to linguistic and cultural researches. In the introductory article to the collection the collector described in detail the meaning of the word «ulgr» (üliger). He noted it as a term for the genre of Proverbs. Each proverb in the handwritten collection of I. I. Popov is numbered, presented in the original in «clear writing» («todo bichig»), translated into Russian, given in the Kalmyk language in transliteration in Cyrillic and accompanied by a note. Goals and objectives. The purpose of the article is to give an Archeographic description of the collection of Proverbs and sayings of the Don Kalmyks in the recording of I. I. Popov, to consider its structure, to analyze samples of paroemias, their translation into Russian, to study the notes to the texts in a comprehensive plan in connection with the ideas of the Don Kalmyks about the world and the surrounding nature, their rites and customs. To achieve these goals, a number of tasks were solved: the form and structure of the handwritten collection of paroemias in Popov's notes were described, variants of Proverbs and sayings in the oral tradition of the Don Kalmyks were established in comparison with published samples, and the peculiarities of ideas and customs reflected in the texts were revealed. Results and conclusions. It is known that Proverbs as part of the oral tradition of the people transmit the experience and knowledge of previous generations. At the present time, when the oral tradition is fading, paroemia as works that reflecting the perception of the world and being a repository of collective wisdom, are of particular interest. In this regard the considered collection of paroemias is studied for further publication in the framework of the project on a grant of the Russian Foundation for basic research «The inédites of Kalmyk folklore from the I. I. Popov Archive». As a result of the research, it should be noted that the collection of Popov is a source for the oral tradition of the Kalmyks, representing samples of the don Kalmyks' paremias. The collector's translation of Proverbs and sayings into Russian is accompanied by comments on individual lexemes with reference to dictionaries and examples of their use in speech. Thanks to the detailed notes to the texts, the collection acquires the character of an explanatory dictionary of Proverbs and sayings of the Kalmyks. The handwritten book by I. I. Popov provides a fertile material for studying the problem of translation of a folklore text. The collection of Kalmyk Proverbs and sayings of I. I. Popov generally represents an important stage of edition textual work with samples of paroemias.