CITY OF ULAN UDE

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 29, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Ulan Ude, the canital of the Buryat-Mongol ASSR, is located 100 kms. east
of Lake Baikal. The nearest cities are Irkutsk endChita. The nearest
mountains are the Burvat4iongn1 mountains, stretching from south to north.
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The nearest river iseSelenga, running to the west. It is an old city, built
in about the 18t1i century. The city was damaged during World War II.
2. The street wstem in the center of the city constitutes a gridiron, but
in the outer quarters the streets are irregular and crooked. Streets in
the center of the city are illuminated by electricity; the other streeta
Are not illuminated. Street signs are written on white sheet-iron plates,
35 x 15 cm, with black writing. On one side of the street, the house
numbers are odd and on the other side they are even.
3. Typical buildings of the city are as follows;
District Soviets
Party buildings
Bank:
Hotels
Technical School::
three-story, grey
two-story, red
three-story, gray
two-story, pink
two-story, Ted
Timber, mud-brick, and reinforced concrete are the principal building
materials used. The buildings in the center of the city are two-story;
in otherparts of the city they are all one-story. Roofs consist of cor-
rugated sheet iron, timber, or tile. The buildings are white-washed or
painted' brown, black, rod, or grey,
4. The most important streets are Leninskaya Street (central)and Baikal Street.
The District Soviet, the Progres Cinema, the opera, the bank, the pharmacy,
the Erdem Cinema, the Zabaikalets Restaurant, the Party building, stores,
the garrison, and bus garages are all located on Leninskaya Street. -
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5. The population of Ulan Ude is 70,000. Ralf of the population consist? of
Ruseinns and the other half Of Bunyate. There are no ethnic minorities
sad no foreigners in the city. Although the Soviet Constitution provides
equal rights for different ethnic grave living in the Soviet .Union, tido
provision exists only on paper. In practice the Russians are the chaos=
nreupt This is true all over the Soviet Union, in the independent as woll
az the autonomous republics of the USSR. All the other ethnic groups ere
treated as stbjecte of the Russians. For example, innUlar Ude it is always
the Russians who are right 'whenever there are disagreements and diuputes.
The MUnyats are sometime? punished and sent to prieon even if they aro eight.
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religious men are called the Lamas; almost 100 of thee wordnip.
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ere are churches in the city
Thsarailroad station, lecated west of the city, ha e elm or eight tracks
on the east side of a yellow station building. The freight station is 20
meters south of the city station. Ulan Ude is connected hy rail with
irkatek and Chita. Six to eight pasoenger trains and about eight freight
trains pass through Ulan Ude daily. During the war a freight train need
to pass every 15 minutes. Tito trains are drawn by ntean engines.
8. The military airfield is merked nA No. 39 and the civilian airfield as NO.
40 on the attached city plan. There are no hangars on either field and
no underground inetallations. Ulan Ude is linked by air with Ittabarovok,
Irkutsk, Novosibirek, Erasnoyarek, Sverdlovsk, and Moekow.
9. The SelangaDtrer runs along the western side of the city. River boats
and other craft sail on this river. On the south side of the city there
to a OW.
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10. Tbere are buses and taxio in operatiou in the city. Bus lines are
designated Ulan Ude - Divisionneya, Dian_Ude Paz. and Ulaa'Ude - Aircraft
Factory No., 99. BUSGB are of the same t:rpe ne those need in other cities
In the Soviet Union. The fare of three rubles la naid 117 the purchase of
a ticket. Military personnel buy tickets in the SMPle way that civilians do.
There is no horse-drawn transportation in the city.
11- The inhabitants of the city are workers and officiels, nhi/e those living
around the city are employed on kolkhoge. Nnterprisas which employ at toast
1,000 workers are the railway repair shon (No. 23 on the city plan) and
Anrcraft rectory No. 99 (No. 27 on the city plan). Tho latter recently
built fighters of the LA.-9 type. At present this plant is being converted
to the production of jet-propelled aircraft. The workers are free to look
for work on their own initiative. Uages and working conditions are the same
as in Chita.' ?
12. Prices are fixed by the Burnet-Mongol ASSR administration,but there is aloe
a black market. Sugar and margarine are scarce, but all vegetables and other
foodstuffs can be found.
13. The andand DmamIlmmat newepapers are published in
Ulan Ude. Moscow papers are also sold in the city. There is a radio trans-
mitter (Ho. 18 on the plan).
14. Venereal dinettes to very common among the Buxyats. Gonorrhea and syphilis
cases are the most frequent. Hospitals are numbered 41, 42, and 43 on the
city plan. They are called Olbastnaya (41), City (42)0 and. Irodniki (3).
15. The Progres and lard= Cinemas show Soviet and anti-American films. lnothall
and physical training are among the forme of recreation enjoyed.
16. The 280th Air Transport Regiment and a tank and artillery unit are located
in Ulan Ude.,
17. The following is the legend for the attached sketch map of the cita of
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1. District Soviet
2. Hotel
3. Post office
4. Progree Cinema
5. Party building
6. Sram Oinema
7. Zabalkalots Restaurant
8. Store
9. Bus stop
10. Central store
11. Physical training directorate
12. Market place.
12a. Not stated. Probably other market places.
13. *LOOM
14. Park
13. Stadium
16. Shoe factory
17. Hospital
18. Radio station
19. Church
20. Hauses
21. Railway workers" club
21a. Railway Park
22. Open freight depot
23. Railway shop
24. Shrubs
23. New stadium
26. Highway leading to Aircraft reatorY So. 99
27. Aircraft Factory No. 99
28. PUrs Station (from this station cno goes to Factory No. 99)
29. Railway loading to Aircraft Factory No. 99.
30. Town of Pus
31. City railway station
32. Small town
35, Airfield belonging to civil aviation
34. Freight depot
33. Iron bridge across the River Ude
36. Ulan-Ude - Namahki railway
37. Railway pass
38. Ulan-Ude - Chita railway
39. Military airfield
40. Aircraft artillery unit barracks (sic:- anti-aircraft?)
41, 42, 43. Hospitals
44. Technical school
45. Race track
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