Druzhny ( be, Дружны, Družny; russian: Дружный; pl, Drużny) is a settlement in
Pukhavichy District
Pukhavichy District (Pukhavichsky Rajon) is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in the east of Minsk Voblast. The capital of the town is Marjina Horka.
Geography
;Main settlements
*Marjina Horka (22,500)
* Svislač (4,053 ...
,
Minsk Region,
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 R ...
. It is located south of
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
. , its population was 9,038.
History
Economy
The Minsk СEC-5
coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal is formed when dea ...
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
Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. It is one of only two nuc ...
, the plans were cancelled.
Notable people
*
Alyaksandr Krotaw
Alyaksandr Krotaw ( be, Аляксандр Кротаў; russian: Александр Кротов; born 19 April 1995) is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays for Molodechno
Maladzyechna ( be, Маладзе́чна, Maladziečna, ; r ...
(born 1995), Belarusian professional footballer
References
External links
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