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Gombojab Tsybikov

1873 - 1930

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Gombojab Tsybikov (Russian: Гомбожаб Цэбекович Цыбиков Gombozhab Tsebekovich Tsybikov; Buryat: Цэбэгэй Гомбожаб, Mongolian: Цэвэгийн Гомбожав, alternatively romanized as Gombozhab and Tsybikoff; 20 April 1873 – 20 September 1930) 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. Tsybikov is mostly credited for being the first photographer of Tibet, including Lhasa. His travelogue, issued in Russian in 1919, 1981, and 1991, and translated into several languages (Chinese, Czech, English, French, and Polish), included a lot of materials from Tibetan sources on Tibetan history and first-hand accounts on Tibetan affairs of the time, making it an important reference source. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gombojab Tsybikov is the 381st most popular explorer (up from 447th in 2019), the 1,643rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,130th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Russian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Gombojab Tsybikov ranks 381 out of 498. Before him are Olav Bjaaland, Henri Duveyrier, Samuel Baker, Fernão de Loronha, Knut Haugland, and Vasily Chichagov. After him are Alexander Burnes, Jacques Bernard Hombron, Georgy Sedov, Nathaniel Palmer, Francisco de Ulloa, and Lauge Koch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Gombojab Tsybikov ranks 144. Before him are Francisco Villota, James Jones, Olav Bjaaland, Max Švabinský, Jurgis Baltrušaitis, and Sunao Tawara. After him are Rosa Sensat, W. C. Handy, Ivan Shmelyov, Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg, Ioannis Chrysafis, and Al Smith. Among people deceased in 1930, Gombojab Tsybikov ranks 97. Before him are Valeriano Weyler, Kakutsa Cholokashvili, Prosper-René Blondlot, Joseph Alzin, Leonard Meredith, and Aleksandr Golovin. After him are Juan Luis Sanfuentes, Walther Reinhardt, Florian Cajori, Moritz Pasch, Vladan Đorđević, and Jens Christian Christensen.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Gombojab Tsybikov ranks 1,643 out of 3,761. Before him are Yuriy Voynov (1931), Alexander Mikulin (1895), Georg Schnéevoigt (1872), Leonid Kharitonov (1933), Aulis Sallinen (1935), and Eugene Dynkin (1924). After him are Zainab Biisheva (1908), Mikhail Zharov (1899), Marfa Apraksina (1664), Natalya Seleznyova (1945), Anatoli Firsov (1941), and Rostislav Alexeyev (1916).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Gombojab Tsybikov ranks 24. Before him are Pyotr Chikhachyov (1808), Boris Vilkitsky (1885), Irina Solovyova (1937), Khariton Laptev (1700), Pyotr Anjou (1796), and Stepan Krasheninnikov (1711). After him are Yakov Sannikov (1780), Alexander Fersman (1883), Artur Chilingarov (1939), Gennady Nevelskoy (1813), Mikhail Somov (1908), and Vassili Poyarkov (null).

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