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The State Museum of Ethnography at Ulan Ude also called the Ethnographic Museum of Transbaikalian Peoples opened on July 6, 1973. These photos show that it portrays the many cultures whose presence has shaped and affected the trans-Baikal area.
For a closer look, you could visit the Museum yourself. After securing the necessary travel documents and getting yourself to Ulan Ude, take bus 6 from Banzarov Square or Soviet Square then get off and walk down the road to your left. An additional bus, number 35 runs on weekends and its last stop is the museum.
For information call 3-57-54.
Open hours are 10:00am to 6:00 pm in summer, winter 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Closed the last Tuesday of each month.
English guides are available.
Further Study:
Azulay, E. & A. H. Azulay. 1995. The Russian Far East. New York: Hippocrene Books.
Dolgikh, B. O. 1962. Contributions to the History of the Buryat People. In H.N. Michael (ed.) Studies in Siberian Ethnogenesis. Canada: University of Toronto Press.
Tokarev, S. A. 1962. On the Origin of the Buryat Nation. In H.N. Michael (ed.) Studies in Siberian Ethnogenesis. Canada: University of Toronto Press.
Vitebysky, P. 1995. The Shaman. London: MacMillan, Duncan Baird Publishers.
Wood, A. 1987. Siberia: Problems and Prospects for Regional Development. New York: Croom Helm.
