Ulan-Ude
Sign in to saveUlan-Ude (; , ; , ) is the capital city of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga. According to the 2021 Census, 437,565 people lived in Ulan-Ude; up from 404,426 recorded in the 2010 Census, making the city the third-largest in the Russian Far East by population.
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Ulan-Ude is the capital city of Buryatia in Russia, situated near Lake Baikal where two rivers meet, and is home to about 437,000 people according to 2021 data. It ranks as the third-largest city in the Russian Far East by population and has grown significantly over the past decade.
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18 sectionsContents
- Names
- Geography
- Hydrography
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Demographics
- Transportation
- Culture
- Sights
- Climate
- Economy
- Mongol Rally
- Notable people
- Gallery
- Panoramic view of Ulan-Ude
- Twin towns - sister cities
- References
- Sources
Ulan-Ude (; , ; , ) is the capital city of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga. According to the 2021 Census, 437,565 people lived in Ulan-Ude; up from 404,426 recorded in the 2010 Census, making the city the third-largest in the Russian Far East by population.
==Names== Ulan-Ude was first called Udinskoye (, ) for its location on the Uda River. It was founded as a small fort in 1666. From around 1735, the settlement was called Udinsk (, ) and was granted town status under that name in 1775. It was renamed Verkhneudinsk (, ; "Upper Udinsk") in 1783, to differentiate it from Nizhneudinsk ("Lower Udinsk") lying on a different Uda River near Irkutsk which was granted town status that year.