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

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, ; also referred to as the Republic of Srpska or Serb Republic) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other bein ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

. 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 language, Macedonian, and Slovene language, Slovene: , officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska i partizanski odr ...

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 A hammam (), also often called a Turkish bath by Westerners, is a type of steam bath or a place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world. It is a prominent feature in the Islamic culture, culture of the Muslim world and was inherited ...

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

Evliya Çelebi Dervish Mehmed Zillî (25 March 1611 – 1682), known as Evliya Çelebi (), was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman explorer who travelled through his home country during its cultural zenith as well as neighboring lands. He travelled for over 40 years, rec ...

(1611–1682). It was flooded in 1896, and then expanded into an urban settlement. Following the collapse of the

Republic of Užice The Republic of Užice ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Užička republika, Ужичка република) was a short-lived liberated Yugoslav territory and the first liberated territory in World War II Europe, organized as a military mini ...

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 * 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 * Oskoruša *

Past The past is the set of all Spacetime#Definitions, 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 ...

* Pazalje * Peljevići * Petačine * Plema * Pohare * Polimlje * 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 * 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 Nobel Prize in Literature, 1961. His writ ...

's story "The

Bey Bey, also spelled as Baig, Bayg, Beigh, Beig, Bek, Baeg, Begh, or Beg, is a Turkic title for a chieftain, and a royal, aristocratic title traditionally applied to people with special lineages to the leaders or rulers of variously sized areas in ...

s of Rudo."

Notable people

* Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier of Rumelia * Stevan Moljević, politician * Vojislav Topalović, politician * Vladislav Topalović, archpriest-stavrophor * Dragoljub Mićović, architect

References

External links

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