Rudo ( sr-cyrl, Рудо) is a town and municipality located in

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located ...

, an entity of

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and ...

. 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 The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод� ...

History

The town of Rudo was established in 1555 by Sokollu Mustafa Pasha, a close relative of Ottoman Vizier

Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ( ota, صوقوللى محمد پاشا, Ṣoḳollu Meḥmed Pașa, tr, Sokollu Mehmet Paşa; ; ; 1506 – 11 October 1579) was an Ottoman statesman most notable for being the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. Born in ...

. A stone mosque, bridge over the Lim, ''

hamam A hammam ( ar, حمّام, translit=ḥammām, tr, hamam) or Turkish bath is a type of steam bath or a place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world. It is a prominent feature in the culture of the Muslim world and was inherited ...

'', inn, '' mekteb'' (school), '' tekke'', some shops and houses were built. It was mentioned by

Evliya Çelebi Derviş Mehmed Zillî (25 March 1611 – 1682), known as Evliya Çelebi ( ota, اوليا چلبى), was an Ottoman explorer who travelled through the territory of the Ottoman Empire and neighboring lands over a period of forty years, recording ...

(1611–1682). It was flooded in 1896, and then expanded into an urban settlement. Following the collapse of the Republic of Užice and the time spent in the village of Drenova leader of

arrived to Rudo on 21 December 1941. The 1st Proletarian Brigade of the

was established in Rudo on 22 December 1941. A monument dedicated to the Brigade was erected in 1961, with a museum subsequently being opened a decade later.

Settlements

* Arbanasi * Arsići * Bare * Bijelo Brdo * Biševići * Bjelugovina * Bjelušine * Bjeljevine *

Blizna :''See also Blizna, Podlaskie Voivodeship. For the Polish film of this name see The Scar (1976 film).'' Blizna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostrów, within Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in sou ...

* Boranovići * Bovan * Božovići * Budalice * Cvrkote * Čavdari * Danilovići * Dolovi * Donja Rijeka * Donja Strmica * Donje Cikote * Donji Ravanci * Dorići * Dubac * Dugovječ * Džihanići * Gaočići * Gojava * Gornja Rijeka * Gornja Strmica * Gornje Cikote * Gornji Ravanci * Grabovik * Grivin * Janjići * Knjeginja * Kosovići * Kovači * Kula * Ljutava * Međurečje * Mikavice * Mioče * Misajlovina * Mokronozi * Mrsovo * Nikolići * Obrvena * Omačina * Omarine * Oputnica *

Orah Orah ( Serbo-Croatian for "walnut") may refer to: Places Bosnia and Herzegovina * Orah, Bileća, a village in Bileća, Republika Srpska * Orah, Rudo, a village in Rudo, Republika Srpska * Orah, Ravno, a village in Ravno, Federation of Bosnia an ...

* Oskoruša *

Past The past is the set of all events that occurred before a given point in time. The past is contrasted with and defined by the present and the future. The concept of the past is derived from the linear fashion in which human observers experience ...

* Pazalje * Peljevići * Petačine * Plema * Pohare *

Polimlje The Lim (Serbian Cyrillic: Лим, ) is a river that flows through Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and is long.

* Popov Do * Prebidoli * Pribišići * Prijevorac * Radoželje * Rakovići * Ravne Njive * Resići * Rudo * Rupavci * Setihovo * Sokolovići * Stankovača * Staro Rudo * Strgači * Strgačina * Šahdani * Štrpci * Trbosilje * Trnavci * Trnavci kod Rudog * Ustibar *

Uvac The Uvac ( sr-cyrl, Увац) is an international trans-boundary river, rising under Golija mountain and Pešter plateau, then flowing through southwestern Serbia and cross into eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina where, after 115 km, it finally ...

* Vagan * Viti Grab * Zagrađe * Zarbovina * Zlatari * Zubač * Zubanj

Demographics

Population

Ethnic composition

Trivia

It appears in

Ivo Andrić Ivo Andrić ( sr-Cyrl, Иво Андрић, ; born Ivan Andrić; 9 October 1892 – 13 March 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. His writings dealt mainly with life in ...

's story "The Beys of Rudo."

Notable people

, Ottoman Grand Vizier of Rumelia * Stevan Moljević, politician

References

External links

{{Authority control Populated places in Rudo Cities and towns in Republika Srpska Rudo