Arkad Chubanov

Arkad Chubanov (1840–1894) was a Buddhist priest of Kalmyk origin who was born in the Iki-Burul aimak in the Salsk District of the Don Cossack Host sometime in 1840.

Lama Chubanov was born in 1840 in the Namrovskaia sotnia of the Ike Burul aimak.

After he completed his studies in 1872, Arkad Chubanov returned home to become a monk in his native khurul.

Arkad Chubanov died in 1894 after serving 21 years as Lama of the Don Kalmyks.

He was succeeded by Lama Djimba Mikulinov, the Baksha of the khurul in the Ike Burul aimak.

Arkad Chubanov, Lama of the Don Kalmyks, 1872-1894