About Bidia Dandaron
Bidia Dandarovich Dandaron (Russian: Бидия Дандарович Дандарон; 1914–1974), religious name Chitta-Vajra (Russian: Читта-Ваджра, romanized: Čitta-Vadžra), was a Soviet Buryat Buddhist lama, Tibetologist, Buddhologist and translator, known for being the successor of the Balagat movement. A victim of Soviet religious persecution, Dandaron was imprisoned for a total of 15 years throughout his life and died aged 59 in Vydrino Labor Camp. Dandaron had three older half-siblings from his mother's first marriage to Dandar Bazarov, a Herder.
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