Ulu, Russia

Ulu is a rural locality under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Tommot in Aldansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Ulu River, a tributary of the Amga, and from Tommot. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 139; down from 179 recorded in the 2002 Census.

Etymology

The name derives from a Sakha word meaning "great".

History

It was founded in 1953 as a base for construction of the Lena Highway.

Infrastructure

Besides the highway to the republic capital city of Yakutsk, Ulu has a railway station on the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline, with the railhead having reached Ulu in August 2009.