Žodzina (Belarusian: Жодзіна; also spelt Zhodino from its Russian form: Жодино) is a town in Minsk voblasć, Belarus.

Understand

The largest BelAZ on display at its manufacturing sire in Žodzina

Žodzina is located in about 50km from the Belarusian capital, Minsk. It is best known for being the home to BelAZ, a manufacturer of huge damp tracks and super heavy-duty hauliers.

Get in

Bus

Buses are the quickest means of transport to Žodzina from Minsk. Buses arrive and depart from a tiny bus station in the town centre. Passing-by buses stop nearby. From Minsk, locals normally travel by minivans (marshrutka, BYN3,5 paid in cash to the driver; travel time - 45 minutes) departing from the Uschod - Усход - metro station, in front of the Dana Mall. Minivans for Barysaŭ stop in Žodzina too.

Train

Most trains from Minsk (departing the central station, Minsk Pasažyrski) to Barysaŭ and Orša stop in Žodzina. Tickets can be purchased from the Belarusian Railway website, app and ticket offices. The journey takes about 50 minutes on the quickest train.

Car

From Minsk, take the M-2 и P-53, about 45km from the Minsk circular road.

Get around

The schedule of local buses can be found on the page of town newspaper

See

• 1 BELAZ (БелАЗ), 40 let Oktyabrya Str. 4, Žodzina, ☏ + 375-17-752-7272, + 375-44-566-04-72, tur@belaz.minsk.by. Huge trucks and super heavy-duty hauliers are produced in Žodzina, a town in Minsk region. The manufacturing site is open for visits to see the world’s largest trucks listed in the Guinness Book of Records. Visitors can climb up to the larges track ever produced and see one of the assembly workshops. Tours are in Russian; translation into English can be requested in advance - call or email. Riding the track is available for an additional charge. The tours end in a souvenir shop. From BYN20. (updated Jan 2020)
• 2 Monument in honor of the patriotic mother of Kupriyanova Anastasia Fominichna, whose five sons died on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War (Monument V Chest' Materi-Patriotki Kupriyanovoy Anastasii Fominichny, Ch'i Pyatero Synovey Pogibli Na Frontakh Velikoy Otechestvennoy Voyny). (updated Nov 2018)

Sleep

• 1 Hotel "Svitanak", 220160 Zhodzina, ul. Brestskaya, 6, ☏ +375 1775 3-61-03, GKSwitanakZhodino@yandex.ru. (updated Nov 2018)