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Ulan-Ude
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ulan-Ude , city (1989 pop. 353,000), capital...Founded in 1649 as a Cossack winter encampment, Ulan-Ude became a fortress in 1689 and a city in 1775...Formerly called Udinsk and Verkhneudinsk, it was named Ulan-Ude in 1934.
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Ulan Bator
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Ulan Bator ( Ulaanbaatar , formerly Urga ) Capital of Mongolia, on the River Tola. Ulan Bator dates back to the founding of the Lamaistic Temple of the Living Buddha in 1639. It grew as a stop for caravans between Russia and China. It was later...
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Mongolia
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...2,044,000 capital (population): Ulan Bator (691,000) government: Multiparty...Republic in central Asia; the capital is Ulan Bator . Land and Climate Sandwiched between...and s , home to part of the Gobi Desert. Ulan Bator lies on the n edge of a desert plateau...
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Mongols
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...The climate varies by region. At Ulaanbaatar (in Russian, Ulan Bator), capital of the MPR, the average temperature ranges...the political center of Mongolian power from Karakorum (near Ulan Bator) to northern China (near Beijing). Mongol power declined...
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Siberia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Baykal, the world's deepest lake, surrounded by mountains. E Siberia's important cities include Krasnoyarsk , Irkutsk , Ulan-Ude , Cheremkhovo, Yakutsk , and Chita ; but most of the region is sparsely populated because of the extreme rigors of the...
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Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...reversed in 1979, and the region was restored to its former size. Hohhot has been the capital since 1952; from 1947 to 1950 the capital was at Ulanhot (Ulan Hoto), and from 1950 to 1952 it was at Zhangjiakou (Kalgan; now in Hebei prov.).
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Buryat Republic
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...600 sq mi (351,200 sq km), SE Siberian Russia, N of Mongolia, extending between Lake Baykal and the Yablonovy Mts. Ulan-Ude is the capital. The republic is mountainous and heavily forested and has rivers and lakes that are rich in fish and that...
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Buryats
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...In 1994 the population of the republic was about 1.1 million, of which more than one-third lived in the capital city, Ulan-Ude, which lies at the junction of the Uda and Selenga Rivers. Other cities in Buryatia include Babushkin, Kyakhta, and...
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Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...from November 1870 to September 1873. With three men he set out from Kyakhta, south of Lake Baikal, traveled through Urga (Ulan Bator), crossed the Gobi Desert, and reached Kalgan, 100 miles northwest of Peking. On the return he explored the Ordos...
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Selenga
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...October, is Mongolia's chief river; its role as a transportation artery decreased with the advent of the Trans-Baykal RR. Ulan-Ude, an important Russian rail junction, river port, and industrial center, is the largest city on the river.
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