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Ulan-Ude (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 55 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.9167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 107 40 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 107.6667 decimal degrees |
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Note: On junction of Uda & Selenga rivers; became a fortress in 1689 & was long a place of exile; gold was discovered in 1840s; grew with Trans-Siberian Railroad 1900, connected to Mongolia 1949 & China 1956; site of several cultural & technological institutes. |
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| Ulan-Ude (preferred,C,V,O,Russian (transliterated)-P)
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............ | since 1934 |
| Улан-Удэ (C,U,Russian-P)
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| Udinsk (H,V)
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| Udinskoye (H,V)
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| Verkhne-Udinsk (H,V)
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............ | until 1934 |
| Verkhneudinsk (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Ulan-Ude (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded as a wintering camp by Cossacks in 1649 |
| city (C) |
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| capital (C) |
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of the Far Eastern Republic since 1920 |
| regional capital (C) |
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since 1923, first of Buryat ASSR & later Buryatia republic |
| industrial center (C) |
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includes locomotive & carriage repair, food-processing & glass-making |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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