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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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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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Lake Baikal
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...lines at either end of the lake have compromised the watersheds through logging and erosion. Lumber mills and factories near Ulan – Ude send thousands of tons of contaminants annually into the lake. The Baikalsk cellulose combine has altered the...
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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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Transbaykalia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...contemporary Buryat Republic and Transbaykal Territory. It consists of plateaus and mountain ranges separated by wide, deep river valleys. There are gold deposits along the Vitim Plateau. Ulan-Ude and Chita are the chief cities of the region.
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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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