Ulan-Ude

Ulan-Ude is the capital of Buryatia and one of the most beautiful cities in Siberia. There are 234 monuments of architecture, history and town-planning.

If you come to this city, you should certainly walk along the Lenina street. It has a lot of sights to see. At the beginning of the street there's Odigitrievsky Cathedral, which was built in the second half of the 18th century. Also you can see here many houses of the local merchants. The buildings were constructed in 19th century in classical style.

The Sovet Square is the main square of Ulan-Ude. In the middle of it there is the House of Sovets, which was built in 1931. Also you can observe the historical monument, which looks like a giant bronze head of V. I. Lenin.  This is one of the most well-known sights of the city.

Tourists may enjoy visiting some of many local museums: the Museum of Ulan-Ude, the Museum of Buryatian History, where you can find the unique collection of works of arts made by people of different countries, the Art Museum,  where you can see the works of arts made by Buryatian artists, the Nature Museum of Buryatia, where all the natural sights of this land can be observed.

If you enjoy some thrills, you can visit the ski slopes of Ulan-Burgasy, which are situated nearby the city.

Republic Buryatia is one of the centres of buddhistic culture in Russia. Ivolginsky Datsan is situated 30 km from Ulan-Ude and has become the buddhistic capital of Russia. It was founded in 1945, and now there's a whole temple group. It consists of the main temple (Soshin-dugan), the smaller temples (Maydreen-sume, Sahyusan-sume and Devajin), and the building of the philosophy department Choira, the study building of the institute Dashi Choynhorlin, the library, the hotel, the museum of buddhistic art and the house of lamas. This is one of the most unusual places in Russia. Many tourists think that they should visit this land one day.