Dashi Namdakov
Dashi Namdakov was born in the Buryat village of Ukurik, Chita Region of Russia, on 16 February 1967. His full name is Dashinima (‘Dashi Nima’) which translates from Buryat as ‘Lucky Sun’. He was sixth of 8 children of Balzhan and Buda-Khanda Namdakov. Dashi began his apprenticeship in the art studio of Gennady Vasiliev, a…