43º50N 25º59E, pop (2001e) 165 400. Capital city of Ruse province, NE Bulgaria; on the R Danube bordering Romania; founded 2nd-c BC as Prista, it became a Roman naval station; under Turkish rule (15th19th-c) as Ruschuk; chief river port of Bulgaria and major commercial and manufacturing centre; birthplace of Michael Arlen; railway; airfield; polytechnic institute; the Bulgarian-Romanian Interuniversity Europe Centre, opened 2002 (twin campus in Giurgiu, Romania); shipyards, petroleum refinery, agricultural machinery, leather goods, textiles; noted for its old churches and mosques.
Ruse is the name of several places:
Ruse, Bulgaria is a city in Bulgaria, usually spelt Rousse.Ruse is also the name of a comic book series:
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