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Buryatia

Buryatia

Russian republic
Buryatia is a mountainous Russian republic in eastern Siberia. A stop on the Trans-Siberian Railway, Asian-influenced capital Ulan-Ude is home to Russian Orthodox Odigitrievsky Cathedral and a giant Lenin sculpture. Open-air Ulan-Ude Ethnographic...
Capital: Ulan-Ude
Area: 135,651 mi²
ISO 3166 code: RU-BU
Official language(s): Buryat; Russian