Damba Zhalsarayev

Damba Zhalsarayev
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

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]

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.

References

1. To the 85th anniversary of the People's poet of Buryatia, Damba Zhelsarayev (in Russian)^{[permanent dead link]}
2. Жалсараев Дамба