Rudo

Rudo Рудо
Basic data
State :	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity :	Republika Srpska
Coordinates :	43 ° 37 ′  N , 19 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  N , 19 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	390  m. i. J.
Area :	344  km²
Residents :	7,237 (2018)
Population density :	21 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	+387 (0) 58
Postal code :	73260
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Mayor :	Rato Rajak (Savez za promjene Rudo)
Website :	www.opstinarudo.com

Rudo ( Serbian - Cyrillic Рудо ) is a place and seat of the municipality of the same name in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina , right on the border with Serbia .

geography

Border bridge over the Lim

The small town is located high above the right bank of the Lim River in the far east of Bosnia at an altitude of about 400 m. The low mountain range Varda in the north and Tmor in the south of the city rise to 1389 m and 1280 m respectively. The Sastavci exclave , which is completely enclosed by Serbian territory , also belongs to the municipality . Although the road connection through the Lim valley to the eastern parts of the municipality of Uvac and Štrpci near Sjeverin runs partly through Serbian territory, there are no border controls in this section.

Neighboring municipalities are Višegrad in the north, the Serbian municipalities Užice and Čajetina in the east and Priboj in the south, Čajniče and Novo Goražde in the west, and Rogatica in the northwest.

From 1906 a branch of the Bosnian Eastern Railway ran from Međeđa through the Lim valley via Rudo to Uvac on the Serbian border. In 1929 the line was extended to Priboj , and in 1978 - after the opening of the Belgrade – Bar line - it was discontinued.

history

Church in Rudo

Staro Rudo was founded in 1555 by Mustafa-paša Sokolović , a brother of the legendary Mehmed-paša Sokolović , on the left bank of the Lim . Like all of Bosnia, the region was under Ottoman rule until 1878 , then under Austrian rule until 1918 .

In 1896 there was a catastrophic flood on the Lim, which completely destroyed Staro Rudo. As a result, a new site - Novo Rudo - was established on the higher right bank as planned. This has a checkerboard road layout.

Memorial plaque in Rudo, commemorating the founding of the First Proletarian Brigade

During the Second World War , the region was the scene of heavy fighting between Ustaša , Chetnik and partisan units . The deployment of the first regular partisan unit in Rudo ("First Proletarian Brigade") on December 22, 1941 was celebrated in socialist Yugoslavia as the day of the Yugoslav People's Army .

During the Bosnian War , Bosnian-Serb paramilitaries under the command of Milan Lukić committed two war crimes against Muslim citizens of Serbia. On October 22, 1992, they stopped a bus in Mioče above Rudo, which drove from Sjeverin , a Serbian village on the left bank of the Lim, across Bosnian territory to Priboj . They kidnapped and murdered 16 passengers. On February 27, 1993, they stopped a train on the Belgrade – Bar line, which crosses a piece of Bosnian territory at the Štrpci train station , and kidnapped 19 Serbian citizens of Muslim faith, who they later murdered. Most of the victims in both cases came from neighboring communities in Serbia, which was not at war at the time.

population

At the 1991 census, the municipality of Rudo had 11,572 inhabitants, including

• Serbs 8,191 (70.78%)
• Bosniaks 3,142 (27.15%)
• Yugoslavs 93 (0.80%)
• Croatians 5 (0.04%)
• Other 141 (1.22%)

3,109 people lived in the main town of Rudo.

• Serbs 2,103 (67.64%)
• Bosniaks 869 (27.95%)
• Yugoslavs 66 (2.12%)
• Croatians 3 (0.09%)
• Other 68 (2.19%)

Most of the Muslim residents were expelled in the Bosnian War, so that the Serbian population today - despite some return - is higher than before. By the 2013 census, the population in the remote community had dropped below 8,000. Even before the war, the community was marked by strong migration. In 1971 the population was 15,982.

In 2013, out of a total of 7,963 inhabitants, 7,241 identified themselves as Serbs (90.9%) and 677 as Bosniaks (8.5%). 45 residents stated no or a different affiliation.

The Lim at Mioče

The municipality comprises a total of 89 towns: Arbanasi, Arsići, Bare, Bijelo Brdo, Biševići, Bjelugovina, Bjelušine, Bjeljevine, Blizna, Bovan, Božovići, Boranovići, Budalice, Vagan, Viti Grab, Gaočići, Gojavaje, Gornja Rijekica Cikote, Gornji Ravanci, Grabovik, Grivin, Danilovići, Dolovi, Donja Rijeka, Donja Strmica, Donje Cikote, Donji Ravanci, Dorići, Dubac, Dugovječ, Zagrađe, Zarbovina, Zlatari, Zubač, Zubanj, Kosičinja, Kjičinja , Ljutava, Međurečje, Mikavice, Mioče, Misajlovina, Mokronozi, Mrsovo, Nikolići, Obrvena, Omarine, Omačina, Oputnica, Orah, Oskoruša, Pazalje, Past, Peljevići, Petačine, Plema, Polimlje, Popov Doš, Pohidoli Prijevorac, Ravne Njive, Radoželje, Rakovici, Resići, Rudo, Rupavci, Setihovo, Sokolovići, Stankovača, Staro Rudo, Strgači, Strgačina, Trbosilje, Trnavci, Trnavci kod Rudog, Uvac, Ustibar, Cvrkote, Čavdari, Džihanići, Šahdani and Štrpci .

economy

The structural weakness of the region has resulted in a long-lasting rural exodus . Before the Bosnian War there were some industrial companies, in particular suppliers to the automobile manufacturer FAP . The companies Rudoplast and Dekorplast , which manufactured plastics, have also stopped production. Most of the population is now employed in agriculture and small service companies.

traffic

The former station in Rudo, today the bus station

The municipality's road network is only partially developed. The Serbian town of Sjeverin in the western half of the Priboj municipality can only be reached on paved roads via the Rudo area. The district of Štrpci has the only Bosnian train station on the Belgrade – Bar line , which is served by five pairs of trains every day. There is bus service to Priboj, Višegrad, Belgrade and Sarajevo.

Web links

Commons : Rudo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jovana Borovčanin: Kroz istoriju opština Rudo (History of the Rudo Municipality), 058.ba, October 27, 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://rzs.rs.ba/front/article/3630/ Updated population figures for 2018 from the Institute for Statistics of the Republika Srpska. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Opštinska razvojna agencija Rudo  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ ^{a b} Amnesty International: Serbia and Montenegro: Sjeverin was crimes verdict in Belgrade , October 1, 2003
4. ↑ Agencija za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine: Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Bosni i Hercegovini, 2013. Rezultati popisa. (pdf, 19.7 MB) Sarajevo, June 2016; P. 64
5. ↑ Timetable information for the Serbian railways
6. ^ Register of lines at the Bosnian Ministry of Transport