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Tsogto Garmayevich Badmazhapov

1879 – 1937

Russian translator and explorer

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Lived 1879 – 1937 (aged 57–58). Tsogto Garmayevich Badmazhapov was a mongolist.

Tsogto Garmayevich Badmazhapov (; 1879–1937) was a Russian translator, Mongolist, and discoverer of the city of Khara-Khoto.

Biography An ethnic Buryat, he was a native of Troitskosavsk district in the Transbaikal Oblast of the Russian Empire. In his capacity as a translator and explorer with the rank of senior warden (uryadnik) he participated in the Mongolo-Kamskoy Expedition of Pyotr Kozlov (1899-1901). He worked for a trading company based at Kyakhta, "Sobennikov and Molchanov Brothers" under Bazar Baradin. He was executed in 1937 on charges of participating in a counter-revolutionary conspiracy against the Mongolian People's Republic.

Badmazhapov's home in Urga is now the Historical Museum of Ulan-Bator.

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Important facts

Born
1879, Troitskosavsky Uyezd
Birth century
Occupation
Mongolist
Awards
Russian Geographical Society

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Who was Tsogto Garmayevich Badmazhapov?

Russian translator and explorer (1879–1937)

When was Tsogto Garmayevich Badmazhapov born?

Tsogto Garmayevich Badmazhapov was born in 1879 in Troitskosavsky Uyezd.

When did Tsogto Garmayevich Badmazhapov die?

Tsogto Garmayevich Badmazhapov died on 15 December 1937 in Novosibirsk.

What was Tsogto Garmayevich Badmazhapov's occupation?

Tsogto Garmayevich Badmazhapov was a mongolist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Tsogto Garmayevich Badmazhapov

· Wikidata: Q4074975

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