Rudziensk

Rudziensk

Рудзенск (Belarusian)
Руденск (Russian)
Rudensk
Rudziensk Рудзенск (Belarusian); Руденск (Russian) Rudensk
	Railway station
	Seal
	Rudziensk Location within Belarus
	Coordinates: 53°35′00″N 27°51′00″E
Country	Belarus
Region	Minsk Region
District	Pukhavichy District
Population (2010)
• Total	2,800
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
License plate	5

Rudziensk or Rudensk (Belarusian: Рудзенск; Russian: Руденск; Polish: Rudzieńsk) is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus. It is located in Pukhavichy Raion. As of 2010, its population was 2,800.[1]

History

Rudensk received the status of "urban-type settlement" (Городской посёлок) in 1938.

Geography

Rudensk is located in south-eastern suburb of Minsk and is circa 50 km far from it, and 20 from Marjina Horka. Its nearest urban-type settlements are Svislach and Pravdinsky. Rudensk counts a railway station on the Minsk-Babruysk-Gomel line.

Sport

Local football club is the FC Rudensk, that in 2010 joined the Belarusian First League. Though the team officially represents the town, its home ground is located in Maryina Horka, the seat and main town of Pukhavichy Raion.

Economic

Near Rudensk located the Minsk TEC-5 coal powered generating station. Originally the plant was built as the Minsk Nuclear Heat- and Power Plant, consisting of two VVER-1000 reactors. After the disaster at Chernobyl, the plans were cancelled.

Notable residents

Michaś Čarot (Rudziensk - 1937), Belarusian poet, playwright, novelist, and a victim of Stalin’s purges[2]

Photogallery

A swamp at peat mining near Rudensk
View of the Siniaje lake near Rudensk
Narrow gauge railroad at peat mining near Rudensk

References

(in Russian) 2010 statistics of Belarus Archived 2010-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, rar format (Belstat)
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).

External links

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[1] (in Russian) 2010 statistics of Belarus Archived 2010-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, rar format (Belstat)

[2] 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).