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Ulan-Ude

(Encyclopedia) Ulan-UdeUlan-Ude&oomacr;länˌ-&oomacr;dĕˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 353,000), capital of the Buryat Republic, SE Siberian Russia, on the Selenga River near its confluence with the…

Ulan Bator

(Encyclopedia) Ulan Bator: see Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Chifeng

(Encyclopedia) ChifengChifengchûr-fŭng [key], city (1994 est. pop. 392,000), Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, China. It is an agricultural distribution center, trading in wool, furs, hides, and…

Kyakhta

(Encyclopedia) Kyakhta or KiakhtaKiakhtaboth: kyäkhˈtə [key], city, Buryat Republic, S Siberian Russia, near the Russian-Mongolian border. Kyakhta is on the highway from Ulan-Ude to Ulaanbaatar and…

Selenga

(Encyclopedia) SelengaSelengasĕlĕng-gäˈ [key], river, 616 mi (992 km) long, rising in the Khangai Mts., NW Republic of Mongolia, and flowing east, then north, across the Mongolian-Russian border to…

Transbaykalia

(Encyclopedia) Transbaykalia or TransbaikaliaTransbaykaliaboth: trănsˌbīkäˈlyə, trănzˌ– [key], Rus. ZabaykalyeTransbaykaliazŭbīkäˈlyĭ [key], region, SE Siberian Russia, extending from Lake Baykal to…

Ulaanbaatar

(Encyclopedia) Ulaanbaatar or Ulan BatorUlaanbaatarboth: &oomacr;länˈ bäˈtôr [key] [Mongolian,=red hero], Chinese Kulun, city (2010 est. pop. 1,500,000), capital of the Republic of Mongolia, E…

Buryat Republic

(Encyclopedia) Buryat Republic Buryat Republic b&oobreve;ryätˈ [key] or Buryatia…

Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region

(Encyclopedia) Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, Mandarin Nei Monggol zizhiqu, autonomous region, c.455,000 sq mi (1,178,755 sq km), NE China. It is…