Person

Žambalsürėn, Galsangijn

1941–2010

Born August 7, 1941, Övörkhangaĭ Aĭmag, Ui͡anga Sum; died February 22, 2010, Ulaanbaatar; professor; graduated Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova, 1967, linguistics and Far Eastern studies; with ShUA-iĭn Khėl Zokhiolyn Khu̇rėėlėn 1971-1986; doctorate (Ph.D) in linguistics, 1978, Institut vostokovedenii͡a Akademii nauk SSSR; visiting professor, Cambridge University, 1990-1992; specialist on Mongolian and Japanese languages; fluent in English, Japanese and Russian as well as Mongolian; 1975-1985 Japanese language instructor and translator, MUIS)