Facts About Zhodzina
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Zhodzina situated in the Minsk Region in Belarus, 50 km north-east of Minsk.
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The settlement is first mentioned in 1688, belonging to the Radziwiłł family.
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There are nine schools, two high schools, one professional lyceum and Zhodzina polytechnical college in the city. Currently, there are no higher educational institutions in the city.
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Zhodzina covers an area of 19 km².
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Zhodzina received city status in 1963.
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Zhodzina is twinned with Kajaran, Armenia; Panagyurishte, Bulgaria; Dalanzadgad, Mongolia; Horishni Plavni, Ukraine; Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine; Mytishchi, Russia; Neryungrinsky District, Russia; Plastovsky District, Russia; Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Russia; Zheleznogorsk, Russia; Oryol, Russia; Hîncești, Moldova; Olmaliq, Uzbekistan; Považská Bystrica, Slovakia; Rustavi, Georgia & Ukmergė, Lithuania.
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Notable people of Zhodzina: Mikalay Kashewski, Nastassia Novikava & Roman Golovchenko.
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The estimated population of Zhodzina is 64,900 as of 2020.
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On 13 August 2020, Zhodzina was the site of the first large-scale worker strike in Belarus, at the BelAZ automobile plant.
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Zhodzina is served by the M1 motorway, part of the European route E30, an international highway that links Berlin and Warsaw to Moscow.