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.[1][2]
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Native name | Дамба Зодбич Жалсараев |
Born | (1925-12-05)5 December 1925 Dodo-Gol, Khorinsky District, Buryat ASSR, USSR |
Died | 21 January 2002(2002-01-21) (aged 76) Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, Russia |
Occupation | Poet, journalist |
Language | Buryat, Russian |
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.
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