The Buryat capital Ulan-Ude is one of the most beautiful cities in Russia. Being one of the most important industrial centers of the entire Far East, it retained its beauty and did not lose its original appearance, despite the rapid development that began in the days of the USSR. The climate here is sometimes harsh, but the abundance of sunny days makes up for it.
Along with Khabarovsk, this city is one of two settlements in Russia with the largest number of sunny days annually. Ulan-Ude is a multinational city. Two thirds of the population here are Russians, almost a third are Buryats, but representatives of many other peoples live here. Among all the cities of the Far East, Ulan-Ude is the third most populous. He yields only to Vladivostok and Khabarovsk. Ulan-Ude was founded in 1666 by Russian Cossacks. Then it was called “Udinsky winter hut”. The city received its first name in honor of the Uda River.
From 1990 to 2010, Ulan-Ude was included in the list of historical cities of Russia. Here you can see many Orthodox churches and Buddhist. There are mosques too. The first stone building in Ulan-Ude, Odigitrievsky Cathedral, was built in 1741. In the city there are 234 objects that have the status of cultural heritage. The 14-meter monument to Lenin, installed on the city square, has a height with a pedestal of 42 meters. He won sculptor competitions not only in the USSR, but also at the international exhibition in Montreal in 1970. This is the largest monument to the leader of the world proletariat, and it depicts only the head of Lenin.
The record of negative temperature in Ulan-Ude is -54.4 degrees. The average annual temperature here is slightly below zero – minus 0.1 degrees Celsius. Some residents of Ulan-Ude celebrate the Hun New Year, and not just the usual one. This city is part of the Great Tea Route tourist route. Baikal, the world’s largest natural reservoir with clean fresh water, from Ulan-Ude can be reached in just a few hours.
