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Explore Wonderful Ulan Ude Russia – The Capital of The Republic of Buryatia
The appealing capital of Buryatia, Ulan Ude (Oelan-Oede), is 456km east of Irkutsk by rail and makes a sensible staging post for visiting Mongolia or eastern Lake Baikal. Founded as Verkhneudinsk in 1775, the city prospered as a major stop on the tea-caravan route from China via Troitskosavsk (now Kyakhta). Ulan means ‘Red’ in Buryat,…
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Moscow Is Always Awake
Moscow is one of the largest, most densely populated, expensive and powerful cities on the face of Planet Earth. Almost 5 million more people live in Moscow than live in Berlin. It stands to reason, therefore, that the pace of life at work and at play is a bit faster, to say at the least,…