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Zhodzina
Zhodzina (officially transliterated as Žodzina, also spelled Zhodino, be, Жо́дзіна, , russian: Жо́дино, , pl, Żodzino, is a city in Belarus, located in the Minsk Region, 50 km north-east of Minsk. The city covers an area of 19 km² and has a population of 65,451 (2021). History The settlement is first mentioned in 1688, belonging to the Radziwiłł family. It has had city status since 1963. On 13 August 2020, Zhodzina was the site of the first large-scale worker strike in Belarus, at the BelAZ automobile plant, in protest of the contested results of the 2020 Belarusian presidential elections. Geography The city, the most populated in the Smalyavichy District, is situated north-east of Minsk and south-west of Barysaw. Zhodzina is divided by the Plisa river, and it has a small lake in its southern suburb. Education There are nine schools, two high schools, one professional lyceum and Zhodzina Polytechnical College in the city. Currently, there a ...
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Zhodzina Polytechnical College
Zhodzina (officially transliterated as Žodzina, also spelled Zhodino, be, Жо́дзіна, , russian: Жо́дино, , pl, Żodzino, is a city in Belarus, located in the Minsk Region, 50 km north-east of Minsk. The city covers an area of 19 km² and has a population of 65,451 (2021). History The settlement is first mentioned in 1688, belonging to the Radziwiłł family. It has had city status since 1963. On 13 August 2020, Zhodzina was the site of the first large-scale worker strike in Belarus, at the BelAZ automobile plant, in protest of the contested results of the 2020 Belarusian presidential elections. Geography The city, the most populated in the Smalyavichy District, is situated north-east of Minsk and south-west of Barysaw. Zhodzina is divided by the Plisa river, and it has a small lake in its southern suburb. Education There are nine schools, two high schools, one professional lyceum and Zhodzina Polytechnical College in the city. Currently, there are ...
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Roman Golovchenko
Roman Alexandrovich Golovchenko ( be, Раман Аляксандравіч Галоўчэнка, Raman Aliaksandravič Haloŭčenka; , Russian: Роман Александрович Головченко; born 10 August 1973) is a Belarusian politician who has served as Prime Minister of Belarus since 4 June 2020. Early life and professional activity He was born on 10 August 1973 in Zhodzina as an only child. His father Alexander Nikolaevich Golovchenko graduated from the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute and worked as an engineer in the design bureau of Minsk Tractor Works. Roman Golovchenko lived in Zhodzina up until the age of 10, when he moved with his parents to Minsk, where he graduated from high school. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1996. He also graduated from the Academy of Public Administration in 2003. Career In 2013, he was made Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, and was then also responsible for representing the ...
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Smalyavichy District
Smalyavichy District ( be, Смалявіцкі раён, Smalavicki rajon; russian: Смолевичский район, Smolevičskij raion) is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in Minsk Region. Its seat is the town of Smalyavichy but the most populated one is Zhodzina. History The district was created on 17 July 1924. Geography Overview Situated in the north-east of its Region, Smalyavichy District borders with the districts of Minsk, Lahoysk, Barysaw and Chervyen. In its territory is located the International Airport of Minsk. It is crossed by the M1 motorway, part of the European route E30. Main settlements *Zhodzina ( be, Жодзiна; russian: Жодино) – 61,8002010 Belarus population statistics
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Smalyavichy Raion
Smalyavichy District ( be, Смалявіцкі раён, Smalavicki rajon; russian: Смолевичский район, Smolevičskij raion) is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in Minsk Region. Its seat is the town of Smalyavichy but the most populated one is Zhodzina. History The district was created on 17 July 1924. Geography Overview Situated in the north-east of its Region, Smalyavichy District borders with the districts of Minsk, Lahoysk, Barysaw and Chervyen. In its territory is located the International Airport of Minsk. It is crossed by the M1 motorway, part of the European route E30. Main settlements *Zhodzina ( be, Жодзiна; russian: Жодино) – 61,8002010 Belarus population statistics
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FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino ( be, ФК Тарпеда-БелАЗ Жодзіна, ''FK Tarpeda-BelAZ Zhodzina''; , ''Futbolniy klub Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino'') is a Belarusian football club based in Zhodino. They play in the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football. Their home stadium is Torpedo Stadium. The club is sponsored by the city's machine building factory BelAZ. History ;Name: *1989: BelAZ Zhodino *1993: Torpedo Zhodino *2011: Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Honours * Belarusian Cup ** Winners: 2015–16 :: Runners-up: 2009–10 * Belarusian Super Cup :: Runners-up: 2011, 2017 * Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR ** Winners: 1970, 1971, 1980, 1981 Current squad ''As of December 2022'' League and Cup history *1 Play-off for the 2011 Premier League spot against the 2010 First League runners-up SKVICH Minsk. *2 Play-off for the 2013 Premier League spot against the 2012 First League runners-up Gorodeya. To ...
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Mikalay Kashewski
Mikalay Mikalayavich Kashewski ( be, Мікалай Мікалаявіч Кашэўскі, russian: Николай Николаевич Кашевский, ''Nikolay Nikolayevich Kashevsky''; born 5 October 1980) is a Belarusian football coach and former player. Career Kashewski has made 13 appearances for the Belarus national football team. Honours Gomel *Belarusian Cup winner: 2010–11 *Belarusian Super Cup winner: 2012 Shakhtyor Soligorsk *Belarusian Cup winner: 2013–14 Spartaks Jūrmala *Latvian Higher League champion: 2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ... References External links * * * 1980 births Living people People from Zhodzina Belarusian footballers Belarus international footballers Belarusian expatriate footballers Expatriate footb ...
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Minsk Region
Minsk Region or Minsk Oblast or Minsk Voblasts ( be, Мі́нская во́бласць, ''Minskaja voblasć'' ; russian: Минская о́бласть, ''Minskaya oblast'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Minsk, although it is a separate administrative territorial entity of Belarus. As of 2011, the region's population is 1,411,500. Geography Minsk Region covers a total of 39,900 km², about 19.44% of the national total area. Lake Narach, the largest lake in the country, is located in the northern part of the region. There are four other large lakes in this region: Svir (8th largest), Myadel (11th largest), Syalyava (14th largest) and Myastro (15th largest). It is the only region of Belarus whose border is not part of the international border of Belarus. History Beginning the 10th century, the territory of the current Minsk Region was part of Kievan Rus', the Principality of Polotsk, and later it was included in the Grand Duchy of Lithua ...
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Tarpeda Stadium (Zhodzina)
Torpedo Stadium ( Belarusian: Стадыён «Тарпеда», ''Stadyjon Tarpeda''; Russian: Стадион «Торпедо») is a multi-purpose stadium in Zhodino, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino. The stadium was opened in 1969, renovated in 2011, and currently holds 6,524 people. The stadium hosted an international friendly between Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ... and Honduras on 24 March 2021. References External links Stadium profile at Torpedo-BelAZ websiteStadium profile at pressball.by

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BelAZ
BelAZ ( be, Беларускі аўтамабільны завод, translit=Belaruski autamabilny zavod, lit=Belarusian Automobile Plant, russian: Белорусский автомобильный завод or БелАЗ) is a Belarusian automobile plant and one of the world's largest manufacturers of large and especially large dump trucks, as well as other heavy transport equipment for the mining and construction industries. ''BelAZ'' is a site for one of the largest Commonwealth of Independent States investment projects. The factory finalized two of the three scheduled phases of the technical re-equipment and upgrades. The Quality Management System applied in research and development, fabrication, erection and after-sale service of the equipment complies with international ISO 9000 standards. History *In 1948, a peat extraction machinery plant was constructed by the railroad station Žodzina. *In 1958 it was renamed into BelAZ. Initially it produced MAZ trucks. *In 1961 ...
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Sibirjak
''Sibirjak'' (russian: Сибиряк, translit=Sibiryak, lit=Siberian) was a passenger train which linked Berlin to some of main routes and cities of Russia. The train passed through Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan, partly traveling on the Trans-Siberian Railway. With 5,130 km from Berlin to Novosibirsk it was the longest route of any that depart from a station within the European Union. The train service was discontinued with effect from 14 December 2013, due to lack of demand. The line was not actively promoted to potential customers by the Deutsche Bahn, but it was available in their search engine. Overview The train, which departed from Berlin Zoologischer Garten station, and stopped also at Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Berlin Ostbahnhof, ran through Poland and Belarus, serving Warsaw and Minsk. In the Belarusian capital the train was divided into branches: ''Siberian'' (4 branches), ''Southern'' (3 branches), and one to St.Petersburg. The total number o ...
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M1 Highway (Belarus)
The M1 ( be, Магістраль М1), Magistral Route Nr. 1, olimpijka (russian: олимпийка) is a main road crossing Belarus. It is a part of European route E30 and is the most important road in the country, connecting Moscow to Poland and Western Europe. Running from east to west, the road runs from the Russian frontier via Orsha, Barysaw, Minsk, the capital, and Baranavichy to the Polish frontier at Brest. It follows the country's main transit axis, running parallel with the main Warsaw-Minsk-Moscow railway line. Between Orsha (0.5 km west of intersection with P87 road) and Kobryn ( M10), a stretch of approximately , the M1 is signed as expressway Expressway may refer to: * Controlled-access highway, the highest-grade type of highway with access ramps, lane markings, etc., for high-speed traffic. * Limited-access road, a lower grade of highway or arterial road. *Expressway, the fictional s .... References {{Highways in Belarus Roads in Belarus Internati ...
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Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in some European and Middle Eastern countries, which makes it the same as Arabia Standard Time, East Africa Time, and Moscow Time. During the winter periods, Eastern European Time ( UTC+02:00) is used. Since 1996, European Summer Time has been applied from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. Previously, the rules were not uniform across the European Union. Usage The following countries and territories use Eastern European Summer Time during the summer: * Belarus, Moscow Summer Time in years 1981–89, regular EEST from 1991-2011 * Bulgaria, regular EEST since 1979 * Cyprus, regular EEST since 1979 ( Northern Cyprus stopped using EEST in September 2016, but returned to EEST in March 2018) * Estonia, Moscow Summer Time in years 1981–88, regular EEST since 1989 * Finland, regu ...
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