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Rudzyensk

Coordinates: 53°35′00″N 27°51′00″E / 53.58333°N 27.85000°E / 53.58333; 27.85000
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Rudzyensk
Рудзенск (Belarusian)
Руденск (Russian)
Rudensk
Railway station
Railway station
Rudzyensk is located in Belarus
Rudzyensk
Rudzyensk
Location within Belarus
Coordinates: 53°35′00″N 27°51′00″E / 53.58333°N 27.85000°E / 53.58333; 27.85000
CountryBelarus
RegionMinsk Region
DistrictPukhavichy District
Population
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 • Total2,589
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
License plate5

Rudzyensk[a] or Rudensk (Belarusian: Рудзенск, romanizedRudziensk;[b] 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 2024, it has a population of 2,604.[1]

History

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

Geography

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Rudzyensk is located approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) southeast from Minsk and 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Maryina Horka. Its nearest urban-type settlements are Svislach and Pravdinsky. Rudzyensk has a railway station on the Minsk-Babruysk-Gomel line.

Sport

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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

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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

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  • Michaś Čarot (1896–1937), poet, playwright, novelist, and a victim of Stalin's purges[4]
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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Численность населения на 1 января 2024 г. и среднегодовая численность населения за 2023 год по Республике Беларусь в разрезе областей, районов, городов, поселков городского типа". belsat.gov.by. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. ^ Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2003). Назвы населеных пунктаў Рэспублікі Беларусь: Мінская вобласць. Minsk: Тэхналогія. p. 366. ISBN 985-458-054-7.
  3. ^ (in Russian) 2010 statistics of Belarus Archived 2010-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, rar format (Belstat)
  4. ^ 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]. www.marakou.by (in Belarusian).
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53°35′00″N 27°51′00″E / 53.58333°N 27.85000°E / 53.58333; 27.85000