Damba Zodbich Zhalsarayev (Russian: Дамба Зодбич Жалсараев; 5 December 1925 – 21 January 2002) was a Soviet and Buryat poet who wrote the Buryat lyrics for the Anthem of the Republic of Buryatia.

He was a member of the Union of Soviet Writers.

He was a student of the Transbaikal military infantry school in 1943 and served in the Second World War at a very young age.

After the war, he served 6 years in the border detachment of Kyakhtinsky District and was discharged in 1952.

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