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Ulan Ude Travel Guide

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Ulan-Ude is the capital of Buryatia.

Contents

Understand

The town was founded in 1666, and due its location on trade routes between Russia, China and Mongolia it developed into a prosperous trading town. Currently the city has a population of around 350,000.

Get in

By plane

  • There's are daily flights to/from Moscow on Sibir airlines [1]

By train

The most famous way to get into Ulan Ude is to use the Trans-Siberian Railway - a four day journey to Moscow.

Get around

See

  • The historical merchant's mansions along the banks of the Uda River.

Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Get out

  • Ivolginsky Datsan Buddhist Monastery [2] - 23 km from the city. Buses leave the central bus station 10AM, 12 noon and 5:40PM for the forty minute journey (taking the later bus will mean having to spend the night in at the monastery guesthouse or returning by taxi).
  • Sibir airlines [3], 63 Ploshad Sovetov.
  • Buryat-Avia Airline Ticket Agency, 20 Erbanova St. Tel:+3012 22-11-22, 22-11-33 - tickets sold for major domestic and international airlines.


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