Rudzyensk Explained

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
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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]

History

Rudzyensk received the status of urban-type settlement (Russian: городской посёлок) in 1938.

Geography

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.

Sport

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.

Economy

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.

Notable people

External links

53.5833°N 27.85°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Численность населения на 1 января 2023 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2022 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа. https://web.archive.org/web/20230417144107/https://www.belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/publications/izdania/public_bulletin/index_67469/. 17 April 2023. belsat.gov.by. 5 October 2023.
  2. Book: Gaponenko . Irina Olegovna . Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць . 2003 . Minsk . Тэхналогія . 366 . 985-458-054-7.
  3. 2010 statistics of Belarus, rar format (Belstat)
  4. http://www.marakou.by/by/davedniki/represavanyya-litaratary/tom-ii/index_19882.html Маракоў, Леанід. "Рэпрэсаваныя літаратары, навукоўцы, работнікі асветы, грамадскія і культурныя дзеячы Беларусі. 1794-1991: ЧАРОТ Міхась" [Repressed writers, scientists, educators, public and cultural figures of Belarus. 1794-1991: Čarot Michaś], by Leanid Marakou