Damba Zhalsarayev
Buryat Soviet poet, writer of the Buryatia anthem (1925–2002)
Damba Zodbich Zhalsarayev (Russian: Дамба Зодбич Жалсараев; 5 December 1925 – 21 January 2002) was a Soviet and Buryat poet who wrote the Buryat lyrics for the Anthem of the Republic of Buryatia. He was a member of the Union of Soviet Writers.
Early life
When he was a child he worked on farms with his family. He was a student of the Transbaikal military infantry school in 1943 and served in the Second World War at a very young age. He fought against the Kwantung Army. After the war, he served 6 years in the border detachment of Kyakhtinsky District and was discharged in 1952. He was ranked as a Major.
“Damba Zhalsarayev” enters the record as buryat Soviet poet, writer of the Buryatia anthem (1925–2002). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Damba, Zhalsarayev and Buryat can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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