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Agvan Dorzhiev

1853 - 1938

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Agvan Lobsan Dorzhiev (1853 – 29 January 1938) was a Russian-born monk of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, sometimes referred by his scholarly title as Tsenyi Khempo. He was popularly known as the Sokpo Tsеnshab Ngawang Lobsang (literally Mongolian Tsenshab Ngavang Lobsang) to the Tibetans. He was a Khory Buryat born in the village of Khara-Shibir, not far from Ulan-Ude, east of Lake Baikal. He was a study partner and close associate of the 13th Dalai Lama, a minister of his government, and his diplomatic link with the Russian Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Agvan Dorzhiev is the 11,947th most popular politician (up from 12,610th in 2019). (up from 3,218th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Agvan Dorzhiev ranks 11,947 out of 19,576Before him are Bernardino Drovetti, Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg, Sergei Korsakoff, Yahya ibn Muhammad, Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria, and Mikhail Petrashevsky. After him are Itamar Ben-Gvir, Sonexay Siphandone, Terry Sawchuk, Ferenc Nagy, Lee Hoi-chang, and Sitt al-Mulk.

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Among people born in 1853, Agvan Dorzhiev ranks 61Before him are Frank Dicksee, Damat Ferid Pasha, Ernst Otto Beckmann, Ciprian Porumbescu, Adolf Furtwängler, and Sarada Devi. After him are Evgraf Fedorov, Karl von Einem, Hans von Koessler, Arthur Moritz Schoenflies, Hermann Wissmann, and Howard Pyle. Among people deceased in 1938, Agvan Dorzhiev ranks 131Before him are Juho Vennola, Leopoldo Lugones, Aleksander Kakowski, Joseph Strauss, Tang Shaoyi, and Paolo Troubetzkoy. After him are Georges Urbain, Samuel Alexander, Jānis Rudzutaks, Rafael Arnaiz Barón, Marie-Joseph Lagrange, and Gazanfar Musabekov.

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