Ulan-Ude

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Ulan Ude (Russian: Ула́н-Удэ́ ) is the capital of Buryatia, known during Soviet times as the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Ulan-Ude (Buryat: Улаан-Үдэ, Ulaan-Üde) is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, it is located about 100 kilometers (62 mi) southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga. According to the 2010 Census, 404,426 people lived in Ulan-Ude, up from 359,391 recorded in the 2002 Census, making the city the third-largest in the Russian Far East by population. It was previously known as Udinsk (until 1783) and then Verkhneudinsk (until July 27, 1934).