"GRUZOVOZOFF" branch office in Ulan-Ude


Address:
77 Limonova Str., 670002, Ulan-Ude, Russia


Telephone/Fax:
+ 7 (3012) 55-33-28, 55-33-30, 55-33-31, 44-67-67


E-mail:
ulan-ude@gruzovozoff.ru


Open hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 - 19:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 16:00
Sunday closed


Head of the branch office:
Sergey Yelizov

Ulan-Ude is the administrative, political, economic and cultural centre of the Republic of Buryatia, one of the most ancient large cities of Siberia and the Far East. Ulan-Ude is situated in the Transbaikalia in the valley of the Selenga River on its right bank among the Khamar-Daban and Ulan-Burgasy chains, 75 km east of Lake Baikal. The history of Ulan-Ude, likewise of almost all ancient cities of Siberia, began with the construction of a fortress of a wintering place. In 1666 a Russian Cossack detachment built a small wooden house on the mouth of the Uda River on a high rocky bank. It was called the Udinskoe Cossack wintering place. It was founded to collect assessments. Its future development and the construction of a fortress and a city were contributed to by its rather advantageous geographic position on the cross point of the most important trade routes from Russia to China and Mongolia. Due to its strategic location the Moscow government decided to built a burg (a military camp) here. In 1689 the construction was finished and the burg was called ‘Verkhneudinsky’. In 1690 the burg gained city status. Since the 1680s Verkhneudinsk was part of the Irkutsk voevodeship. Due to the above mentioned geographic position it became one of the larges centres for trade in the eastern part of Russia. As sales duties were collected here, all trade relations of Russia with other countries were controlled. The entrepreneurship in Buryatia has a long history. Since 1780 numerous fairs took place in Verkhneudinsk. A little bit later the shopping arcade (‘Gostinye Riady’) that stands to the present day was built in the centre of the city. The construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway gave an impetus to the industrial development of the city. The railway connected Verkhneudinsk to the whole country. In 1923 Verkhneudinsk was renamed to Ulan-Ude. Nowadays Ulan-Ude is a large industrial centre of the Republic of Buryatia, a centre for national and cultural development, scientific centre and a centre of Tibetan medicine. Historical dates: In 1666 the foundation of the Udinsky burg was laid. In 1689 the construction was finished and the burg was called ‘Verkhneudinsky’. In 1690 the Verkhneudinsky burg gained city status. In 1923 Verkhneudinsk was renamed to Ulan-Ude.