Gombojab Tsybikov

Gombojab Tsybikov , was a Russian explorer of Tibet from 1899 to 1902. Tsybikov specialized in ethnography, Buddhist Studies, and after 1917 was an important educator and statesman in Siberia and Mongolia.

Gombojab Tsybikov, also during early life surnamed Montuev , was born to a Tibetan Buddhist family of Transbaikalian Buryats. Upon the traditional divisions, his family belonged to a Khori Buryat tribe of Kubdut, clan of Nokhoi Kubdut. His father Tsebek Montuyev studied Mongolian and Tibetan written languages and was locally elected to represent his kinsmen. Originally his idea was to send Gombojab to a Buddhist monastery to study, but later he sent his son to Aga parish school to study Russian, and later to Chita Gymnasium which Gombojab finished with honors. This earned him a Korf scholarchip so that he could pursue a university degree. At that time he set his mind on becoming a medical doctor.

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