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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-08-08</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000074208</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>UDR</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001372599</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>AKIN MATTHEW T</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>400 EAST CARY STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>RICHMOND</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>VA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>23219</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Senior Vice President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>32259</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>LLC Units</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2004-06-01</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>4000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reporting person owns LLC Units issued by UDR Out-Performance I, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company (the &quot;LLC&quot;). The LLC's only assets are Class I Out-Performance Partnership Shares (&quot;OPPS&quot;) issued by United Dominion Realty, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the &quot;Limited Partnership&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Beginning on June 1, 2004, the LLC Units may be exchanged at the LLC's option for OPPSs on a 1:1 basis. Each OPPS is exchangeable for approximately 1.5 Operating Partnership Units (&quot;OPUs&quot;) issued by the Limited Partnership. Beginning one year after the date of any such exchange of OPPSs for OPUs, the holder of the OPUs may require the Limited Partnership to redeem the OPUs for a cash amount equal to the cash value of the common stock of the Issuer on a 1:1 basis subject to the Issuer's right to purchase the OPUs for such cash value or by substituting shares of the Issuer's common stock on a 1:1 basis in lieu of cash.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">There is no expiration date for these securities.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Matthew T. Akin</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-08-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
