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.

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.

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

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

• Municipalities of Republika Srpska

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