Ulan-Ude

Worth seeing in and around Ulan-Ude

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Buryat State University

   Buryat State University, officially Dorzhi Banzarov Buryat State University, is an institution of higher education in Siberia and the Russian Far East, located in the city of Ulan-Ude, Buryat Republic, Russia. Courses are taught in Russian and Buryat.

   1.4 km · university in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Odigitrievsky Cathedral

   Odigitrievsky Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God Hodegetria is an Orthodox church, a monument of architecture of the Siberian Baroque of the middle of the 18th century in Transbaikalia. It was built in 1741–1785 in the city of Verkhneudinsk The first stone building of the city, located in the historical center of Ulan-Ude, on the right coast of the Uda river and near its confluence with the Selenga River.

   1.6 km · church building in Ulan-Ude, Russia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Ulan-Ude Ethnographic Museum

   The Ulan-Ude Ethnographic Museum is an outdoor museum, located in the village Upper Berezovka, eight kilometres northeast of Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russia.

   6.8 km · outdoor museum in eight kilometres northeast of Ulan-Ude, Buryatia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Buryat Academic Opera and Ballet Theater

   Buryat Opera and Ballet Theatre is a music theatre in Ulan-Ude, the capital of the Buryat Republic, Russia. It operates its own music school, a dance school, and an art institute.

   1.1 km · opera house in Ulan-Ude, Russia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Buryat Republican Puppet Theatre "Ulger"

   Ulger theater is a puppet theater in the city of Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russia. It was founded in 1967.

   1.1 km · puppet theatre in Ulan Ude, Russia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   East Siberia State University of Technology and Management

   East Siberia State University of Technology and Management is a regional university located in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia in Russian Federation. On June, 19th, 1962 the Minister of the higher and specialized secondary education of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ordered to organize East Siberian Institute of Technology on the former basis of the technological and building faculties of Buryat Agricultural Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture of the RSFSR. In 1994 the research institute, ESIT, was given the status of the State Technological University.

   3.2 km · Russian higher education institute · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

The World's Largest Lenin Head is in Ploshchad Sovietov, the main city square. The head is 7.7m tall and weighs 42 tons. It was unveiled in 1970 in honor of Lenin's 100th birthday and to remind the local population who was in charge. It is now a common meeting place. The merchant's mansions, richly decorated with wood and stone carvings. Historical relics of the town's prosperity as a trading center.

1. 01
   City History Museum / History of Ulan-Ude

   Verhnaya Beriozovka (In the city centre),.

2. 02
   Museum of Buryatia History

   Rare books, clothing, and artifacts from the region, including those from Shamanism, Buddhist, and Christian religions.

3. 03
   Museum of Buryatia Nature

   Includes exhibits on the animals, botany, and geology of the area.

4. 04
   Sampilov Museum of Fine Arts

   Also known as the East-Siberian Hermitage, this museum contains over 7,000 pieces of fine art from the Buryatia region.

5. 05
   Ivolginsky Datsan Buddhist Monastery

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Things to do

Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Lenina St., 51 (At Lenin's head square), uuopera@mail.ru. Beautiful building. Watch performances of Buryat singing and dancing. 150-700 руб. Puppet Theatre Ulger, Lenina street 46,. 9am -6pm from Mon to Fri. The name of the “Ulger” theatre is translated as “legend”. The theatre was built in 1967 and caters to kids.

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Where to eat

Try local buryat cuisine. Mainly it's steamed meat dumplings called "Buuza" (or "Pozy"), fried "Sharbin", or "Khushuur". Soups include meat broth "Bukhlyor" and noodles "Shuleen". Sweet baked goods served with jam or condensed milk are called "boovy". The fish "omul" is unique for the region, as it exists only in the Baikal lake. Appetite Lenin's head looks at it. Quite cheap, tray style, Russian food, free WiFi.

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Getting to Ulan-Ude

Airports

Baikal (UUD), 11 km · Irkutsk (IKT), 224 km

Stations

Ulan-Ude railway station, 1.4 km · Ulan-Ude Vostochny Airport, 9.7 km

• Irkutsk → Ulan-Ude

  232 km · quickest by road, 8h 27m · ₽1,650–2,200
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• Chita → Ulan-Ude

  405 km · quickest by air, 4h 32m · ₽5,310–8,240
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• Ulaanbaatar (Sergelen) → Ulan-Ude

  508 km · quickest by air, 6h 52m · $790–1,200
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