Rudo

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Rudo Рудо
Town and municipality
Location of Rudo within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Republika Srpska
Geographical region	Podrinje
Government
• Municipal mayor	Dragoljub Bogdanović (SNSD)
Area
• Total	347.63 km2 (134.22 sq mi)
Population  (2013 census)
• Total	7,963
• Density	23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	58

Rudo (Serbian Cyrillic: Рудо) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 7,963 inhabitants, while the town of Rudo has a population of 1,949 inhabitants.

It is famous throughout former Yugoslav republics as the birthplace of the 1st Proletarian Brigade formed by Yugoslav Partisans.

History[edit]

The town of Rudo was established in 1555 by Sokollu Mustafa Pasha, a close relative of Ottoman Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha.^[1] A stone mosque, bridge over the Lim, hamam, inn, mekteb (school), tekke, some shops and houses were built.^[1] It was mentioned by Evliya Çelebi (1611–1682).^[1] It was flooded in 1896, and then expanded into an urban settlement.^[2] Following the collapse of the Republic of Užice and the time spent in the village of Drenova leader of Yugoslav Partisans arrived to Rudo on 21 December 1941.^[3] The 1st Proletarian Brigade of the Yugoslav Partisans was established in Rudo on 22 December 1941.^[2] A monument dedicated to the Brigade was erected in 1961,^[2] with a museum subsequently being opened a decade later.

Settlements[edit]

Demographics[edit]

Population[edit]

Ethnic composition[edit]

Trivia[edit]

It appears in Ivo Andrić's story "The Beys of Rudo."

Notable people[edit]

• Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier of Rumelia
• Stevan Moljević, politician^[4]
• Vojislav Topalović, politician
• Vladislav Topalović, archpriest-stavrophor
• Dragoljub Mićović, architect

See also[edit]

• Municipalities of Republika Srpska

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