Rudzyensk | |
Other Name: | Rudensk |
Native Name: | |
Settlement Type: | Urban-type settlement |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Minsk Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Pukhavichy District |
Established Title: | Founded |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2589 |
Timezone: | MSK |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
Coordinates: | 53.5833°N 27.85°W |
Postal Code: | 222850 |
Blank Name: | License plate |
Blank Info: | 5 |
Rudzyensk or Rudensk (Belarusian: Рудзенск|Rudziensk; Russian: Руденск; Polish: Rudzieńsk) is an urban-type settlement in Pukhavichy District, Minsk Region, Belarus.[1] [2] In 2010, its population was 2,800.[3] As of 2023, it has a population of 2,589.[1]
Rudzyensk received the status of urban-type settlement (Russian: городской посёлок) in 1938.
Rudzyensk is located approximately southeast from Minsk and from Maryina Horka. Its nearest urban-type settlements are Svislach and Pravdinsky. Rudzyensk has a railway station on the Minsk-Babruysk-Gomel line.
The local football club is FC Rudensk, which in 2010 joined the Belarusian First League. Though the team officially represents the town, its home ground is located in Maryina Horka, the administrative center of Pukhavichy District.
The Minsk TEC-5 coal powered generating station is located nearby. Originally, the plant was built as the Minsk Nuclear Power Plant, consisting of two VVER-1000 reactors. After the disaster at Chernobyl, the plans were cancelled.