Background
ZHALSARAEV, Damba was born in 1925 in village Zaigraevo, Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
ZHALSARAEV, Damba was born in 1925 in village Zaigraevo, Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
1943 drafted into Red Army. Served as officer in frontier units. Much of his verse published in Army newspapers.
1947 began contributing to newspapers “Buryat-Mongoloy Unen”, “Buryat-Mongolskaya pravda” and fiction anthology “Baykal”.