Zhodzina (officially transliterated as Žodzina, also spelled Zhodino, be, Жо́дзіна, , russian: Жо́дино, , pl, Żodzino, is a city in

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 ...

, located in the

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 ...

, 50 km north-east of

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative stat ...

. 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

and south-west of

Barysaw Barysaw ( be, Барысаў, ) or Borisov (russian: Борисов, ) is a city in Belarus near the Berezina River in the Minsk Region 74 km north-east from Minsk. Its population is around 145,000. History Barysaw is first mentioned in ...

. 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 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 o ...

in the city. Currently, there are no higher educational institutions in the city.

Economy

The BelAZ (The Belarusian Automobile Plant) is the largest employer in the city; it employs about 11,000 workers, one-sixth of the local population. Every third mining truck in the world is produced by BelAZ. The largest truck weighs 360 tonnes and can carry 450 tonnes of load. Another important factory is the clothing manufacturer SVITANAK, which produces children's and adults' clothes. Its products are exported to European countries.

Transport

Zhodzina is served by the M1 highway, part of the European route E30, an international highway that links

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitu ...

and

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. It has two railway stations (Zhodzina and the stop of Zhodzina Yuzhny) on the international line Minsk-Moscow; and its main station is served by some international trains as the '' Sibirjak'' Berlin-

Novosibirsk Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the 2021 Censu ...

. Minsk International Airport is from Zhodzina.

Sport

The local football club is the Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino, playing in the

Belarusian Premier League The Belarusian Premier League or the Vyšejšaja Liha or the Vysheyshaya Liga ( be, Вышэйшая ліга, russian: Высшая лига, "Top League") is the top division of professional football in Belarus, and is organized by the Belarus ...

. Its home ground is the Torpedo Stadium.

Personalities

* Roman Golovchenko (b. 1973), prime minister *

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 an ...

(b. 1980), footballer *

Nastassia Novikava Nastassia Novikava ( be, Настасся Новікава) (born 16 November 1981 in Zhodzina, Byelorussian SSR) is a world championship winning Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter from Belarus. Career At the 2004 Summer Olympics Novikava ranke ...

(b. 1981), weightlifter * Yury Shumanski (b. 1980), retired Belarusian professional footballer

International relations

Zhodzina is twinned with: * Dalanzadgad, Mongolia * Hîncești, Moldova *

Horishni Plavni Horishni Plavni ( uk, Горі́шні Пла́вні, ; before 2016 known as Komsomolsk-na-Dnipri, uk, Комсомо́льськ-на-Дніпрі or simply Komsomolsk, uk, Комсомо́льськ) is a purpose-built mining city in cent ...

, Ukraine *

Kajaran Kajaran ( hy, Քաջարան ) is a town and the centre of the Kajaran Municipality in Syunik Province in southern Armenia. It is located 356 km south of the capital Yerevan, 25 km west of the provincial centre Kapan, and 50 km north of the Arm ...

, Armenia * Mytishchi, Russia *

Neryungrinsky District Neryungrinsky District (russian: Нерюнгри́нский улу́с; sah, Нүөрүҥгүрү улууһа, ''Nüörünggürü uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raio ...

, Russia *

Olmaliq Olmaliq ( uz, Olmaliq / Олмалиқ, russian: Алмалык, Almalyk) is a district-level city (2021 pop 133,400) in the Tashkent Region of central Uzbekistan, approximately 65 km east of Tashkent. It is located at latitude 40° 50' 41N ...

, Uzbekistan *

Oryol Oryol ( rus, Орёл, p=ɐˈrʲɵl, lit. ''eagle''), also transliterated as Orel or Oriol, is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast situated on the Oka River, approximately south-southwest of Moscow. It is part of the Central Fe ...

, Russia * Panagyurishte, Bulgaria * Plastovsky District, Russia *

Považská Bystrica Považská Bystrica (; german: Waagbistritz; hu, Vágbeszterce) is a town in northwestern Slovakia. It is located on the Váh river, around 30 km from the city of Žilina. It belongs to Upper Váh region of tourism. Profile Považská ...

, Slovakia * Rustavi, Georgia *

Ukmergė Ukmergė (; previously ''Vilkmergė''; pl, Wiłkomierz) is a city in Vilnius County, Lithuania, located northwest of Vilnius, with a population of about 20,000. Etymology and variant names The city took its original name ''Vilkmergė'' from ...

, Lithuania *

Verkhnyaya Pyshma Verkhnyaya Pyshma (russian: Ве́рхняя Пышма́) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located north of Yekaterinburg. Population: History It was founded in 1660 as the village ('' selo'') of Pyshminskoye, which was named aft ...

, Russia * Zheleznogorsk, Russia

Notes and references

External links

Zhodzina official website
{{Authority control Cities in Belarus Populated places in Minsk Region Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Populated places established in 1963 1963 establishments in Belarus