Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southern Russia near Lake Baikal and the Mongolian border. Founded as a Cossack fortress in 1666, it is a transportation hub and a processing and manufacturing center.

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  • proper noun The capital city of Buryatia, Russia.

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Examples

  • South Korea's Yonhap news agency said Mr. Kim's train Sunday left Amur in Russia's Far East after he visited the power plant, and it is heading to Ulan-Ude for his summit with Mr. Medvedev, which will take place Tuesday at an army base.

    North Korea's Kim Set to Meet Medvedev Alan Cullison 2011

  • The Kremlin has released few details about the trip, but Russian state news channel Rossiya 24 reported that Mr. Medvedev will meet Mr. Kim later this week in Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia, a Buddhist province near Lake Baikal.

    North Korea's Kim Set to Meet Medvedev Alan Cullison 2011

  • The Russian daily Izvestia quoted an official in the country's presidential office as saying the North Korean leader plans to meet with the Russian president at a military facility in the city of Ulan-Ude in east Siberia next week.

    North Korean Leader Visiting Russia 2011

  • The Russian daily Izvestia quoted an official in the country's presidential office as saying the North Korean leader plans to meet with the Russian president at a military facility in the city of Ulan-Ude in east Siberia next week.

    North Korean Leader Visiting Russia 2011

  • A few people managed to take photos of Kim at his previous stop on Sunday, but heavy police cordons kept the press in Ulan-Ude out of the train station.

    Kim Jong-il visits Russia for talks with Dmitry Medvedev 2011

  • The Russian daily Izvestia quoted an official in the country's presidential office as saying the North Korean leader plans to meet with the Russian president at a military facility in the city of Ulan-Ude in east Siberia next week.

    North Korean Leader Visiting Russia 2011

  • The North Korean leader arrived in Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia, a Buddhist province near Lake Baikal, Russian news agencies reported.

    Kim Jong-il visits Russia for talks with Dmitry Medvedev 2011

  • Within the past two weeks, thousands have taken to the streets in Moscow, Vladivostok, Novosibirsk, Volgograd and Ulan-Ude.

    Fear Comes to the Russian Heartland 2009

  • "We have half of the medicine we need," says Ludmilla Neshumae, medical director at the holding center in Ulan-Ude, in Buryatia, along the eastern coast of Lake Baikal.

    The Prisoners' Plague 2008

  • Giss has raw station data on Ulan-Ude for 1886 to 1989.

    Forward Modeling of Ring Widths « Climate Audit 2007

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