Djimba Mikulinov

Djimba Mikulinov was a 19th-century Buddhist priest of Kalmyk origin who was most likely born in the Ike Burul aimak in the Salsk District of the Don Cossack Host.

Djimba Mikulinov was the Baksha of the Ike Burul aimak when he was chosen to succeed Arkad Chubanov as the Lama of the Don Kalmyks in 1894.

The controversy began two years after Mikulinov's appointment when he, his secretary and the ataman of the Ike Burul aimak were charged with forging the will of the late Lama Arkad Chubanov.

After his removal as the head lama, Mikulinov was not formally replaced until 1903, when Menko Bormanzhinov was elected to become the spiritual leader of the Don Kalmyks.

During the intervening years, the Don Kalmyks were led by the Baksha of the Ike Burul aimak, Boka Kuliushov who acted as the deputy head lama.