David Nikitich Kugultinov (, , , , 13 March 1922 – 17 June 2006) was a Soviet and Kalmyk whose acclaim and prominence made him a recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the title, "National Poet of the Republic of Kalmykia."

A minor planet 2296 Kugultinov discovered in 1975 by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh is named after him.

David Kugultinov

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1922 births

2006 deaths

20th-century Russian male writers

20th-century Russian poets

21st-century Russian male writers

21st-century Russian poets

People from Yashaltinsky District

Maxim Gorky Literature Institute alumni

Eleventh convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union

Heroes of Socialist Labour

Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class

Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples

Recipients of the Order of Lenin

Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Recipients of the USSR State Prize

Kalmyk people

Norillag detainees

Socialist realism writers

Russian male poets

Russian male writers

Soviet male poets

Soviet male writers

David Kugultinov