Ulan-Ude

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Ulan-Ude

Total population

435,067

Air quality index

51Moderate

Coordinates51.84°, 107.58°

Demographic figures from Rosstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Ulan-Ude is the capital city of Buryatia, Russia, located about 100 kilometers (62 mi) southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga. According to the 2021 Census, 437,565 people lived in Ulan-Ude; up from 404,426 recorded in the 2010 Census, making the city the third-largest in the Russian Far East by population.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Vladimir Granat

Russian footballer

Yury Skuratov

Russian politician

Irina Pantaeva

Russian actor and model

G

Gennady Gor

writer (1907–1981)

P

Pavel Pegov

Russian speed skater

V

Vladimir Safronov

boxer (1933-1979)

Boris Shumyatsky

Soviet film producer (1886-1938)

Inna Stepanova

Russian archer

I

Igor Khmelnov

Russian military leader (1945–2023)

D

Dantsig Baldayev

Soviet writer (1925-2005)

S

Serhiy Serebrennikov

Ukrainian footballer

N

Natalia Erdyniyeva

Russian archer

Oksana Omelianchik

Soviet-Ukrainian artistic gymnast (born 1970)

Vasily Mikhalyov

Russian aviator (1917-2006)

Grigory Aredakov

Russian actor

A

Anna Ashimova

Russian actress

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Buryatia

• Ivolginsk
  14.4 mi away · pop. 8,251
• Onokhoy
  21.7 mi away · pop. 10,890
• Turuntaevo
  25.4 mi away
• Tarbagatay
  26.3 mi away · pop. 4,308
• Zaigrayevo
  29.3 mi away · pop. 5,362
• Selenginsk
  32.9 mi away
• Kabansk
  42.3 mi away · pop. 6,373
• Kamensk
  43.8 mi away · pop. 6,747
• Mukhor-Shibir
  55.5 mi away · pop. 5,162
• Gusinoozyorsk
  59 mi away · pop. 23,280
• Babushkin
  74 mi away · pop. 4,542
• Turka
  81.6 mi away · pop. 1,450

Browse all places in Buryatia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ulan-Ude

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Lanceolated Warbler

Locustella lanceolata

Seen 2026-09-17

garden cosmos

Cosmos bipinnatus

Seen 2026-09-17

Dontostemon integrifolius

Dontostemon integrifolius

Seen 2026-09-16

Scabrous hideseedgrass

Cleistogenes squarrosa

Seen 2026-09-16

Laxmann's Milkvetch

Astragalus laxmannii

Seen 2026-09-16

Potanin Iris

Iris potaninii

Seen 2026-09-16

Slenderleaf pulsatilla

Pulsatilla turczaninovii

Seen 2026-09-16

Allium bidentatum

Allium bidentatum

Seen 2026-09-16

spiny pennywort

Orostachys spinosa

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).