Gombojab Tsybikov belongs to the record of exploration as a figure whose journeys changed what was known.
The record lists Gombojab Tsybikov as Russian explorer of Tibet (1873-1930).
Gombojab Tsybikov was born at Transbaikal in 1873. His recorded nationality is Russian Empire.
Nineteenth-century exploration turned inland - Africa, Asia and Australia - and was entangled from the start with empire, missions and the geographical societies that funded it.
He is recorded as explorer, ethnologist and philologist.
Exploration was always as much logistics as courage, and the logistics are what decided outcomes.
Recognition followed: Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class and Order of Saint Anna.
Gombojab Tsybikov died in 1930, aged 57. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class
- Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class
- Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class
- Order of Saint Anna
- Recorded as explorer, ethnologist and philologist
