Zhodzina is a city of regional subordination in the Minsk region
of the Republic of Belarus. Zhodino has been a city since 1963.
Previously, the town was called Zhodin.
Population - 64,559
people (for 2018). The city is located 54 km from Minsk in the
northeastern direction, on the Moscow - Brest railway, and
equidistant (about 650 km) from Moscow, Kiev and Warsaw.
The
area of the city is 23.21 km². Zhodzina is located on the Plisa and
Zhodinka rivers.
State Cultural Institution "Zhodino Museum of Local Lore"
House-Museum of A. F. Kupriyanova
City Exhibition Hall (consists of
the Large and Small Exhibition Halls, the Pyrography Hall)
Museum of
the Belarusian Automobile Plant
Monument in honor of the Soviet
patriotic mother
A memorial sign in honor of the liberation of the
city of Zhodino on July 2, 1944 by the forces of the 3rd tank brigade of
the 5th tank army. It was installed in 2010 in the city square.
Monument to Peter Ivanovich Kupriyanov
Sculpture of the Mother of God
(2021)
Religion
Church in honor of the icon of the Mother of
God "Redeemer"
St. Michael's Church
Peter and Paul Church
Church of Our Lady of Fatima
Seventh Day Baptists
Evangelical
Baptist House of Prayer
Chapel
Chapel of Saint Michael the
Archangel
Events
June 13, 2019 Zhodino took over the torch of
the II European Games
On August 5-7, 2021, the cultural and sports
festival “Vytoki. Croc da Alimpu"
By train
Electric trains run from Minsk (from the stations
Minsk-Vostochny, Institute of Culture, Minsk-Central) in the direction
of Minsk-Orsha. Zhodino can be reached in 1 hour 20 minutes. The city
has a permanent railway connection with Minsk, Orsha, Vitebsk, Mogilev,
Grodno, Gomel. From the Russian Federation, Zhodino can be reached by
trains Minsk - Arkhangelsk, Brest - Novosibirsk, Minsk - Novosibirsk.
By car
From Minsk in a northeast direction along the M-2 and R-53
highways. Approximately 45 km from the Minsk ring road.
By bus
45 minutes from Minsk. Departure of minibuses from the bus station
Moskovsky. Last flight 21.45
City public transport is represented by buses and fixed-route taxis. There are 7 bus routes organized in the city and 2 serviced by fixed-route taxis.
The place was founded on the river Plisa in 1643 by Bohuslav
Radziwill, and was originally called Bohuslav Pole.
Name
In
1688 it was mentioned as the village of Zhodina Sloboda. The name can be
understood as "a settlement on the river Zhod or Zhodin", which existed
earlier. The name of the river comes from the Finno-Ugric geographical
term zhued, zhuod - "low-lying place in the forest".
As part of
the Russian Empire
Since 1793 - as part of the Russian Empire, Minsk
province. With the completion of the construction of the Moscow-Brest
railway (1871) - a railway station.
Newest time
During the
First World War in February - December 1918, it was under the occupation
of the troops of Kaiser Germany.
On March 25, 1918, according to
the Third Statutory Charter, the village was declared a part of the
Belarusian People's Republic. On January 1, 1919, in accordance with the
decision of the 1st Congress of the Communist Party (b) of Belarus, the
village became part of the BSSR.
In August 1919 - July 1920 the
village was under Polish rule.
During the Second World War from
June 1941 to July 1944 it was occupied by German troops.
Since
1924, it has become the center of the village council of the Smolevichi
district. On January 21, 1958, the village of Zhodino was transformed
into an urban-type settlement with the inclusion of the settlements of
the Smolevichskaya State District Power Plant (since 1979, the Zhodino
Thermal Power Plant), a plant for road and reclamation machines, and the
villages of Zarechye and Krushinki. In 1958, the Belarusian Automobile
Plant (BelAZ) was built.
Since 1963 it has been a city of
regional subordination.
In 1964, the villages of Sudabovka and
Dymkovka were annexed to Zhodino.
Since March 7, 1963 - a city of
regional subordination.
In 1688 it is referred to as the village of Zhodzina
Sloboda. The name can be understood as “settlement on the river
Zhoda or Zhodin”, which existed earlier. The name of the river comes
from the Finno-Ugric geographical term zhued, zhuod - "low-lying
place in the forest".
Since March 7, 1963 - Zhodzina is a
city of regional subordination.
The town-forming enterprise of the city is the Belarusian Automobile
Plant, which produces powerful mining dump trucks "BelAZ" with a
carrying capacity of 30 to 450 tons. The car plant employs 9 thousand
people.
Also in Zhodino there are: Svitanak knitting factory,
heavy stamping forging plant, Energokonstruktsiya plant, Zhodino bakery,
ilmax building mixtures plant, production of: RupTour billiard tables,
Belyuks sanitary ware, Zhodino mattresses mattresses .
In 2009,
industrial enterprises produced products worth 1,386 billion rubles.
Revenue from the sale of products, goods, works, services for 2017
amounted to 2,026.4 million rubles (about $1,013 million), including
1,835.9 million rubles for industry, 25.7 million for construction,
122.5 million - for trade and repair, 42.3 million - for other types of
economic activity.
The city has 9 schools, 2 gymnasiums, 1 state college (formerly a
professional lyceum), Zhodino Polytechnic College, Zhodino Children's
Art School, and an art school. There is an ice rink, FOK, FOTs, city
swimming pool.
The Youth Center and the Central City Library are
working.
In Zhodina there are two scientific and practical
centers of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus: the Scientific
and Practical Center for Animal Husbandry and the Scientific and
Practical Center for Agriculture, which have postgraduate studies.