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Country
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Friday 9:05 AM

Entity
  
Republika Srpska

Area
  
344 km²

Area code
  
58

Rudo

Weather
  
12°C, Wind NW at 5 km/h, 63% Humidity

Rudo (Serbian Cyrillic: Рудо) is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Republika Srpska entity. It appears in Ivo Andrić's story "The Beys of Rudo." It's famous throughout former Yugoslav republics as the birthplace of the 1st Proletarian Brigade formed by Yugoslav Partisans.

Contents

Map of Rudo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

History

The town of Rudo was established in 1555 by Sokollu Mustafa Pasha, a close relative of Ottoman Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha. A stone mosque, bridge over the Lim, hamam, inn, mekteb (school), tekke, some shops and houses were built. It was mentioned by Evliya Çelebi (1611–1682). It was flooded in 1896, and then expanded into an urban settlement. The 1st Proletarian Brigade of the Yugoslav Partisans was established in Rudo on 22 December 1941. A monument dedicated to the Brigade was erected in 1961.

Demographics

The town of Rudo itself in 1991 had a population of 3,109, including:

  • 2,103 Serbs (68%)
  • 869 Bosniaks (28%)
  • 66 Yugoslavs
  • 3 Croats
  • 68 others
  • Notable people

  • Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier of Rumelia
  • Milos Vidakovic, writer
  • Stevan Moljevic, politician
  • References

    Rudo Wikipedia