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  • Ulan Ude
    Ulan Ude
    noun
    a city in and the capital of the Republic of Buryatia, in the southeastern part of the Russian Federation in Asia, on the Selenga River.
  • Ulan-Ude
    Ulan-Ude
    noun
    an industrial city in SE Russia, capital of the Buryat Republic: an important rail junction. Pop: 361 000 (2005 est)

Ulan Ude

American  
[oo-lahn oo-de] / uˈlɑn uˈdɛ /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of the Republic of Buryatia, in the southeastern part of the Russian Federation in Asia, on the Selenga River.


Ulan-Ude British  
/ ʊˈlɑːnʊˈdɛ /

noun

  1. Former name (until 1934): Verkhne-Udinsk.  an industrial city in SE Russia, capital of the Buryat Republic: an important rail junction. Pop: 361 000 (2005 est)

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Better yet, switch at Ulan Ude to the Trans-Mongolian Railway, which extends through the capital of Ulaanbaatar and into the Gobi Desert, ideal for fossil hunting and camel riding, before arriving in Beijing.

From New York Times Nov. 17, 2022

The most prominent victim was Husky, the stage name for Dmitry Kuznetsov, from Ulan Ude, a rapper whose dark and dexterous lyrics skewer life in Russia outside of Moscow’s Garden Ring.

From The Guardian Dec. 12, 2018

In the Russian city of Ulan-Ude, high sign-on bonuses and so-called “coffin money,” the payout benefits for fallen soldiers, are fueling an economic boom.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Ulan-Ude has a population of almost half a million and hardly a month goes by without news of somebody being bitten by a stray dog.

From BBC Jan. 18, 2024

We agreed to meet the next day at the Southern Cemetery, a 40-minute drive from Ulan-Ude, in a pine forest.

From New York Times Aug. 6, 2023

When journalist Yelana Trifonova heard about a memorial service for the fallen, she immediately bought a ticket for the eight-hour trip from her home in Irkutsk to Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2022

"It hurts me that the state only remembered him after he was dead," Semyonova, a professional musician and activist in Ulan-Ude, told Reuters, recounting the call-up for her brother.

From Reuters Sep. 23, 2022

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