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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

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

He recuperated for many months back in Ulan-Ude after receiving emergency care.

From New York Times Aug. 6, 2023

Beginning in early March, mourning ceremonies for soldiers who died in Russia’s war on Ukraine were held in the large hall of the Lukodrome, a sports complex in the center of Ulan-Ude.

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

According to a list of names published by Lyudi Baikala, an independent media outlet in Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia, at least 206 servicemen from the Buryatian republic have been killed in Ukraine.

From Washington Post Jun. 29, 2022

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