David Nikitich Kugultinov was a writer of Kalmyk origin whose acclaim and prominence as a Soviet poet made him a recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the title, "National Poet of the Republic of Kalmykia.".
Education
Maxim Gorky Literature Institute.
Career
A minor planet 2296 Kugultinov discovered in 1975 by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh is named after him.
Membership
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Union of Writers.
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics State Prize; Order of Lenin; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class; Order Foreign Services to the Fatherland 3rd degree; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Order of Friendship of Peoples
