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Rupee (The Legend of Zelda series) Rupees are the unit of currency in the fictional lands of Hyrule, Koholint Island, Termina, Labrynna, and Holodrum in The Legend of Zelda series of video games by Nintendo, acquired primarily by defeating enemies, by cutting tall grasses or bushes, or from treasure chests, and used primarily to purchase items in shops.
Rupen Zartarian Rupen Zartarian or Roupen Zartarian (Armenian: ŐŚŐ¸Ö‚Ő˘Ő§Ő¶ Ô¶ŐˇÖ€Ő¤ŐˇÖ€ŐĄŐˇŐ¶) (1874-1915) was an Armenian writer, educator, and political activist. He was killed by Turkish authorities during the Armenian Genocide.
Ruperra Castle Ruperra Castle is situated in the county borough of Caerphilly in South East Wales. Built in 1626 by Sir Thomas Morgan, Steward to the Earl of Pembroke, it was one of the first of the 'mock' castles to be built in Wales.
Rupert Allason Rupert William Simon Allason (born 8 November, 1951) is a military historian and former politician in the United Kingdom. He was Conservative Party member of Parliament for Torbay in Devon, from 1987 until the landslide 1997 general election, when he lost his seat by a margin of 12 votes to Liberal Democrat Adrian Sanders, after an anti-EU candidate split the Tory vote.
Rupert Boneham Rupert Boneham (born January 27, 1964) was a contestant on Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: All-Stars, who subsequently became amongst the most popular stars of reality television. He won one million dollars on Survivor: America's Tribal Council which was a special episode of Survivor: All-Stars.
Rupert Brooke Rupert Chawner Brooke (August 3, 1887 – April 23, 1915) was a British poet known for his idealistic War Sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier), as well as for his poetry written outside of war, especially The Old Vicarage, Grantchester and The Great Lover. He was also known for his boyish good looks, which prompted W.
Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon Rupert Alexander George Cambridge, born Prince Rupert of Teck, (24 April 1907–15 April 1928) was a great grandson of Queen Victoria. During World War I, the British Royal Family relinquished their Germanic titles, and Prince Rupert assumed the style Viscount Trematon in 1917.
Rupert Cross Sir Rupert Cross (born Alfred Rupert Neale Cross 15 June 1912 in Chelsea, London – died 12 September 1980, Oxford) was a prominent British lawyer and academic. He was Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.
Rupert Davies Rupert Davies (22 May 1916 – 22 November 1976) was an English actor. He remains best known for playing the title role in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of the Maigret novels written by Georges Simenon.
Rupert Deering Captain Rupert Deering, soldier and penal administrator, of the 99th Regiment was commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from the departure of John Price in January 1853 to September of the same year.
Rupert Emerson Rupert Emerson (August 20, 1899, in Rye, NY - February 9, 1979, in Cambridge, MA) was a professor of political science and international relations. He served on the faculty of Harvard University for forty-three years and served in various U.
Rupert Gomes Rupert Gomes (born 10 April 1950 in Georgetown, Guyana) is a former cricket player. He played the majority of his career for Guyana, but played for the Netherlands in the ICC Trophy tournaments of 1986 and 1990.
Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh KG CB CMG VD ADC FRS, (March 29 1874-September 14 1967), was an Anglo-Irish businessman, politician and philanthropist. Born in London, he was the eldest son of Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh.
Rupert Hine Rupert Neville Hine is an English musician and also a prolific producer in the synth pop era, helming albums such as Tina Turner's Private Dancer, Howard Jones's Human's Lib, Saga's Worlds Apart, and The Fixx Reach the Beach.
Rupert Holmes Rupert Holmes (born February 24, 1947) is an American and British composer, songwriter and author of plays, novels and stories. He is best known for the 1979 novelty hit "Escape" (later subtitled "The Piña Colada Song") and his Tony Award winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
Rupert Jee Rupert Jee (born July 16, 1956) is an American entrepreneur and television celebrity who has gained fame through frequent appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman. He first appeared on the Late Show during a "Meet the Neighbors" segment on September 20, 1993 (his Hello Deli is located at 213 W 53rd St, near the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, where the Late Show is filmed), and has since been a frequent accomplice of host David Letterman during the show's many comedic segments.
Rupert Mearse Wells Rupert Mearse Wells (November 28 1835 – May 11 1902) was speaker of the Legislature of Ontario in 1874 to 1879 and served as Liberal MLA for Bruce South from 1872 to 1882. He represented Bruce East in the Canadian House of Commons from 1883 to 1887 as a Liberal.
Rupert of Germany Rupert of Germany () of the house of Wittelsbach (5 May 1352 – 18 May 1410), he was the son of Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine and Beatrix of Sicily. Rupert was Elector Palatine from 1398 and German King from 1400 until his death.
Rupert Penry-Jones Rupert Penry-Jones (born 22 September 1970 in London), sometimes credited as Rupert Penry Jones, is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in BBC television dramas such as Spooks, Casanova and Cambridge Spies.
Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley Rupert Charles Ponsonby (born June 30, 1957) succeeded his uncle Gerald John Ponsonby, 6th Baron de Mauley as the 7th Baron de Mauley in October 2002. On March 10, 2005 he was declared the winner of a by-election for a Conservative hereditary peers' seat in the House of Lords He was the first peer to have acceded to his title after the House of Lords Act 1999 to have obtained an elective hereditaries' seat in the House.
Rupert Price Hallowes Rupert Price Hallowes (VC, MC) (5 May 1881- 30 September 1915) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Rupert Rogers Rupert Ashby Cave Rogers (27 May 1902 - 2 May 1976) was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, a friendly for Worcestershire against Warwickshire in 1919. Batting at three in his only innings, he made only 3.
Rupert Roopnaraine Rupert Roopnaraine was born in 1943 in Kitty, Georgetown, Guyana. He won a scholarship to Queen's College in 1954 where he excelled in cricket, where he captained the team and represented Demerara in the Inter-county Cricket Finals.
Rupert Steggles Rupert Steggles is a man of dubious reputation, a character from the Jeeves stories, written by PG Wodehouse. He runs a crooked turf accountancy racket during the Village Sports Day at Twing whilst staying with Lord and Lady Wickhammersley, conning Bertie Wooster and his consortium (Freddie Widgeon, Cynthia Wickhammersley and Bingo Little) out of a considerable sum of cash.
Rupert Vance Moon Rupert Vance Moon (14 August 1892–28 February 1986) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Rupert's Kids Rupert's Kids is a US non-profit organization established by Rupert Boneham, winner of the CBS version of the television game show Survivor. The organization is focused on empowering youth by helping them discover their inner strengths and realize their own self worth and their value to society.
Rupert's Land Rupert's Land was a territory in British North America, consisting of the Hudson Bay drainage basin, most of it now part of modern Canada. It was named after Prince Rupert of the Rhine, nephew of Charles I and the first governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Rupert's Land Act of 1868 The Rupert's Land Act of 1868 was legislation authorizing the transfer of Rupert's Land from the control of the Hudson's Bay Company to the Dominion of Canada. The transfer occurred in 1869 and was consummated in 1870 by the payment of a consideration of ÂŁ300,000.
Rupertsland Rupertsland is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in 1916 from territories that were added to the province four years earlier, and has existed continuously since that time.
Rupertswood Rupertswood is a mansion and country estate located in Sunbury on the outskirts of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is well known as the birthplace of The Ashes, awarded to the winning team in cricket test match series between Australia and England.
Rupertswood railway station, Victoria Rupertswood is an abandoned railway station in Victoria, Australia. It was the last station in the state that operated only to service an adjacent school, with services only stopping to pick up and drop off school traffic.
Rupchand Pal Rupchand Pal (born 2 December, 1936) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Hooghly constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) political party.
Rupite Rupite (Рупите, pronounced ) is a small mountainous protected area in the southeastern part Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria, 10-12 kilometres northeast of Petrich, on the right bank of the Struma River. It is best known as the place where the Bulgarian prophet Baba Vanga lived and was buried.
Ruplal Bishvakarma Ruplal Bishvakarma (रूपलाल विश्वकर्मा) was a Nepalese communist politician, peasant leader and Dalit activist. Ruplal hailed from a middle peasant family in the Chitwan district.
Rupnagar District Rupnagar District, included in the Patiala Division of Punjab falls between north latitude 30°-32' and 31°-24' and east longitude 76°-18' and 76°-55'. Rupnagar (formerly known as Ropar) town, the district headquarters is 42 km from Chandigarh, the state capital.
Rupp Arena Rupp Arena is an arena located in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, USA. It is the centerpiece of Lexington Center, a convention and shopping facility owned by an arm of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, Lexington's consolidated city-county government.
Ruppert Jones Ruppert Sanderson Jones (born March 12, 1955 in Dallas, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Kansas City Royals (1976), Seattle Mariners (1977-79), New York Yankees (1980), San Diego Padres (1982-83), Detroit Tigers (1984), California Angels (1985-87).
Ruppert Stadium (Newark) Ruppert Stadium was a baseball stadium that formerly stood in Newark, New Jersey, in the area that is now known as the Ironbound. It was home to the minor league Newark Bears of the International League from 1926 to 1949 and the Newark Eagles of the Negro Leagues from 1936 to 1948.
Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg The Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (German Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; also known as simply University of Heidelberg) was established in the town of Heidelberg in the Rhineland in 1386. Its Latin name is Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis.
Ruprekha Banerjee Ruprekha Banerjee, born in 1984 in Kolkata, was one of the three finalists of Fame Gurukul, one of the most watched television shows in India - along with Rex D'Souza and Qazi Touqeer. On 20 October, 2005, she managed to grab the top prize along with Qazi Touqeer.
Rupture (engineering) Rupture, or ductile rupture describes the ultimate failure of tough ductile materials loaded in tension. Rupture describes a failure mode in which, rather than cracking, the material "pulls apart", generally leaving a rough surface.
Ruptured duck (military decoration) Ruptured duck was a slang term for the Honorable Service Lapel Pin given American military service members who were discharged under honorable conditions during WWII. Other slang terms for the pin included "raped duck," etc.
Rupununi Uprising The Rupununi Uprising began on 2 January 1969. The police station at Lethem, the administrative center of the Rupununi District, was attacked by ranchers, mainly from the Hart and Melville families, who were armed with bazookas and automatic weapons.
RuPaul RuPaul (born RuPaul Andre Charles on November 17, 1960) is an American drag performer, dance music singer, actor and songwriter who gained worldwide fame in the 1990s; appearing in a wide variety of television programs, films, and musical albums. Though a catty attitude is often associated with drag queens, RuPaul intentionally set herself apart with a "love one another" attitude.
Ruqayyah bint Muhammad Ruqayyah is viewed as the daughter of Muhammad and Khadijah bint Khuwaylid by some Sunnis and some Shia but some Shia and non-Muslim argue she is the daughter of Khadijah's assumed previous husband (see Genealogy of Khadijas daughters). She died in 2 AH (624 CE).
Rural Rural areas (also referred to as "the country", countryside) are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities. Such areas are distinct from more intensively settled urban and suburban areas, and also from unsettled lands such as outback, American Old West or wilderness.
Rural Action Rural Action is a non profit working in Appalachian Ohio promoting economic, social and environmental justice. The organization envisions a region of clean streams, healthy forests, thriving family farms, meaningful jobs for everyone and lively towns that remember local history and celebrate their stories.
Rural building Rural building encompasses a vast, diverse range of building techniques and end uses. The industry's origins are primarily agricultural, with most early rural bulidings serving to house either farm animals or equipment.
Rural committee Rural committee (鄉事委員會) is a body representing the welfare of indigenous residents in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The chairman of each rural committee is the representative in the Heung Yee Kuk, and is ex-officio member of a district council.
Rural community development Rural community development encompasses a range of approaches and activities that aim to improve the welfare and livelihoods of people living in rural areas. As a branch of community development, these approaches pay attention to social issues particularly community organizing.
Rural crafts Rural crafts refers to the traditional crafts production that is carried on, simply for everyday practical use, in the agricultural countryside. Once widespread and commonplace, the survival of some rural crafts is now in doubt.
Rural City of Ararat The Rural City of Ararat (formed by the merger of the Shire and City of Ararat) is the local government area in south-west Victoria, Australia. The region has an area of 4,230 square kilometers and is centred around the town of Ararat.
Rural delivery service Rural delivery service, formerly known as Rural Free Delivery (RFD), is the service by which the United States Postal Service delivers mail directly to residents in rural areas. Prior to its establishment, the residents of rural America had to travel to the nearest post office to get their mail or pay private companies to deliver it.
Rural depopulation Rural depopulation is a phenomenon affecting rural locales in both developed and developing countries, whereby net population movement leaves rural places with decreasing population and urban places with increasing population. It is the migration of people from rural areas to urban areas.
Rural development Rural development in general is used to denote the actions and initiatives taken to improve the standard of living in non-Urban neighbourhoods, countryside, and remote villages. These communities can be exemplified with a low ratio of inhabitants to open space.
Rural Dean In the Church of England, a Rural Dean presides over a Rural Deanery (more commonly simply referred to as a Deanery). Although once universal, the title has been legally altered to Area Dean in certain urban dioceses where the older version had become an archaic oddity.
Rural Development Service The Rural Development Service (RDS) was formerly part of the UK Government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). It ceased to exist on 1 October 2006 following the creation of Natural England.
Rural exodus Rural exodus (or rural flight) is a term used to describe the migratory patterns that normally occur in a region following the mechanisation of agriculture. In such a situation, there tends to be a movement of peoples from rural areas into urban areas.
Rural Fun Day Rural Fun Day is an annual festival held the last weekend in August in Thomaston, Alabama. The festival is hosted at the Alabama Rural Heritage Center, which was designed and built by Auburn University's Rural Studio.
Rural Housing Service The Rural Housing Service (RHS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Located within the Department's Rural Development mission area, RHS operates a broad range of programs to provide:
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation The Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) is a statutory Corporation formed in July 1990 under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development (PIERD) Act 1989. RIRDC was set up by the Australian Government to work closely with Australian rural industries on the organisation and funding of their research and development (R&D) needs.
Rural life in the People's Republic of China Continuing to occupy well over half of China's population, Rural life in the People's Republic of China has a varied range in terms of standard of living and life patterns. In southern and coastal China, rural areas have seen increased development and are, in some areas, beginning to catch up statistically to urban economies.
Rural Land Register The Rural Land Register (RLR) is a database of digital maps showing the ownership of all agricultural land in the United Kingdom, along with woodland and marginal land on which grants or subsidies are to be claimed.
Rural markets Rural Markets are defined as those segments of overall market of any economy, which are distinct from the other types of markets like stock market, commodity markets or Labor economics. Rural Markets constitute an important segment of overall economy, for example, in the USA, out of about 3000 counties, around 2000 counties are rural, that is, non-urbanized, with population of 55 million.
Rural Mail Box A Rural Mail Box or RMB is an artificial address that is created by Australia Post to deliver mail to a rural or remote location. The RMB address allows a sender or recipient of mail to succinctly specify the mail's destination.
Rural Metro Rural Metro Corporation (Rural Metro) is a provider of emergency and non-emergency medical transportation services, fire protection and other safety-related services to municipal, residential, commercial and industrial customers in approximately 350 communities throughout the United States. It is also North America's second largest ambulance provider (AMR is the largest).
Rural purge The "Rural Purge" at American television network CBS was a series of cancellations of still-popular rural-themed or senior citizen-skewing shows instigated by executive Fred Silverman in 1971, following research highlighting the greater attraction to advertisers of the more affluent urban viewer demographic.
Rural Press Rural Press Limited owns roughly 160 newspapers and magazines, The Canberra Times being the most prominent. These are predominantly in rural Australia, though it also owns a number of agricultural publications in the United States and New Zealand.
Rural radio service In telecommunication in the United States, a rural radio service is a public radio service rendered by fixed stations on frequencies below 1000 MHz used to provide (1) Basic Exchange Telecommunications Radio Service, which is public message communication service between a central office and subscribers located in rural areas, (2) public message communication service between landline central offices and different exchange areas to which it is impractical to interconnect by any other means, or (3) private line telephone, telegraph, or facsimile service between two or more points to which it is impractical to extend service via landline.
Rural Radio Network The Rural Radio Network (RRN) was an interconnected group of six commercial FM radio stations spread across upstate New York and operated from Ithaca. The network began operation in 1948 as an innovative broadcast service to the agricultural community, but a scarcity of FM receivers in the 1940s and '50s caused the founders' original business plan to fail.
Rural sociology Rural sociology is a field of sociology associated with the study social life in non-metropolitan areas. It is a scientific study of social arrangements and behaviour amongst people distanced from points of concentrated population or economic activity.
Rural Studio The Rural Studio is a design-build architecture studio run by Auburn University which aims to teach students about the social responsibilities of the profession of architecture while also providing safe, well-constructed and inspirational homes and buildings for poor communities in rural west Alabama, part of the so-called "Black Belt".
Rural tenancy Rural tenancy refers to a type of share-cropping or tenancy arrangement that a landowner can use to make full use of property he may not otherwise be able to develop properly. A "tenant" or non-landowner will take residency on the property of the landowner and work the land in exchange for giving the landowner a percentage of the profits from the eventual crop.
Rural-Sherman Rural-Sherman is the name of a neighborhood located on the Near-Eastside of Indianapolis. Its' boundaries are East 16th Street(or Brookside Pkway)on the North, Washington Street on the South, Rural Street on the West, and Sherman Drive on the East.
Rural-urban migration Rural-urban migration is the migration of people from rural areas into cities. The movement of people from rural communities into cities is considered to be the main cause of urban growth, especially in developed countries.
Rurales Rurales (Spanish for "Rurals") was the name commonly used to designate the Mexican Guardia Rural (Rural Guard), a force of mounted police or gendarmerie that became famous during the long rule of President Porfirio Díaz (1876–1911).
Rurals The term rurals is used as an expression of different rural areas as not being [defined. Many authors involved in mental health] research in rural areas, stress the importance of steering clear of inflexible blanket definitions of [[rurality (Philo, 2003), and to instead 'select definitions of rurality that are appropriate to the study being conducted' (Cloke, 1977).
Rurik Rurik or Riurik (, Old East Norse: Rørik, meaning "famous ruler"; ca 830 – ca 879) was a Varangian chieftain who gained control of Ladoga in 862, built the Holmgard settlement near Novgorod, and founded the Rurik Dynasty which ruled Russia until the 17th century.
Rurik Rostislavich Rurik Rostislavich (Рюрик Ростиславич in Russian) (? - 1215), Prince of Novgorod (1170-1171), Bilhorod, presently Bilohorodka (1173-1194), Grand Prince of Kiev (1173, 1180-1182, 1194-1202, 1203-1205, 1206, 1207-1210), Prince of Chernihiv (1210-1214).
Ruritania Ruritania is a fictional kingdom in Central Europe which forms the setting for three novels by the writer Anthony Hope: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), The Heart of Princess Osra (1896), and Rupert of Hentzau (1898). The kingdom is also the setting for sequels and variations by other writers, including Simon Hawke's science-fiction re-working The Zenda Vendetta (Time Wars Book 4) (1985), John Haythorne's Communist-era The Streslau Dimension,and John Spurling's humorous post-Cold War thriller After Zenda (1995).
Ruro In Brian Jacques' fantasy world of Redwall, Ruro was a female squirrel and part of Jukka the Sling's squirrel-tribe. When Fleetscut asked for aid in Lord Stonepaw's battle against the usurping Wildcat, Ungatt Trunn, Ruro was the most receptive of his plea.
Rus' (people) Rus’ (Русь, ) was a medieval East Slavic nation, which, according to the most popular but by no means the only theory, may have taken its name from a ruling warrior class, possibly, with Scandinavian roots. The Slavic Rus’ people were the historical predecessors of modern Belarusians, Russians, and Ukrainians.
Rus'-Byzantine Treaty (907) According to the Primary Chronicle, the first Rus'-Byzantine Treaty was concluded in 907 as a result of Oleg's raid against Tsargrad (see Rus'-Byzantine War (907) for details). Scholars generally consider this document as preliminary to the Rus'-Byzantine Treaty (911).
Rus'-Byzantine Treaty (911) The Rus'-Byzantine Treaty of 911 is the most comprehensive and detailed treaty concluded between the Byzantine Empire and Kievan Rus in the 10th century. It was preceded by the preliminary Rus'-Byzantine Treaty (907).
Rus'-Byzantine Treaty (945) The Rus'-Byzantine Treaty between Constantine VII of Byzantium and Igor I of Kiev was concluded either in 944 or 945 as a result of several naval expeditions undertaken by Kievan Rus against Constantinople in the early 940s. Its provisions were less advantageous for the Rus than those of the previous treaty, associated with the name of Igor's predecessor Oleg.
Rus'-Byzantine War (1024) The penultimate Russo-Byzantine War, as documented by medieval Greek sources, took place in 1024, when a relative of the Kievan prince with eight hundred troops and forty ships penetrated into the Bosporus and, defeating a unit of the Greek coast guard, sailed into the Aegean Sea. The Kievans reached the island of Lemnos, where they were annihilated by a much stronger Byzantine fleet.
Rus'-Byzantine War (860) The Rus'-Byzantine War of 860 was the only major military expedition of the Rus' Khaganate recorded in Byzantine and Western European sources. Accounts vary regarding the events that took place, with discrepancies between contemporary and later sources, and the exact outcome is unknown.
Rus'-Byzantine War (907) The Rus'-Byzantine War of 907 is associated in the Primary Chronicle with the name of Oleg of Novgorod. The chronicle implies that it was the most successful military operation of the Rus against the Byzantine Empire.
Rus'-Byzantine War (941) The Rus'-Byzantine War of 941 took place during the reign of Igor of Kiev. The Khazar Correspondence reveals that the campaign was instigated by the Khazars, who wished revenge on the Byzantines after the persecutions of the Jews undertaken by Emperor Romanus I Lecapenus.
Rusa Deer The Rusa Deer or Sunda Sambar, Cervus timorensis, are native to the islands of Java eastwards towards Bali, and Timor in Indonesia. This species of deer is similar in ecology to the Chital of India, occupying open dry and mixed deciduous forests, parklands, and savannas.
Rusalka (Dargomyzhsky) Rusalka (Русалка in Cyrillic; stress on the second syllable) is an opera in four acts, six tableaux, by Alexander Dargomyzhsky, composed during 1848-1855. The Russian libretto was adapted by the composer from Pushkin's incomplete dramatic poem of the same name.
Rusalka (opera) Rusalka is an opera by Antonín Dvořák. The Czech libretto was written by the poet Jaroslav Kvapil (1868-1950) based on the fairy tales of Karel Jaromir Erben and Božena Němcová; a rusalka is a water sprite of Slavic mythology, usually inhabiting a lake or river.
Rusalka, Bulgaria Rusalka (, "mermaid"; also Russalka and Roussalka) is a seaside resort on the northern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast located in Dobrich Province, northeastern Bulgaria (the historical region of Southern Dobruja). It is located in a nature reserve in a bay 90 km northeast of Varna and 23 km from Shabla, surrounded by oak forests.
Rusalochka "Rusalochka" (Русалочка) is an alternative adaptation of Andersen's tale, "The Little Mermaid". It is a darkly romantic, haunting animated film reminiscent of a similar Russian fantasy cartoon, "The Magic Horse".
Rusape Rusape is a town in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe with a population of around 20,000 as of 2004, situated on the Harare-Mutare main road, approximately 170 km south east of Harare and 93 km north west of Mutare. Rusape is a large, sprawling town that has not quite reached city status.
Rusas II of Urartu Rusas II of Urartu Araratian king, (685 BC - 645 BC) a cuneiform inscription was made, in the occasion of the building the great water canal ordered by the King to channel water to the City of Quarlini from the Ildaruni Hrazdan River.
Ruscaceae Ruscaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Asparagales that includes several genera previously included in the Liliaceae, for example in the Cronquist system. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II system recommends its inclusion in Asparagaceae but allows for its optional recognition as a monophyletic family; this is a change from the APG system of 1998, which did not accept the family at all.
Ruscio Ruscio is a village of east central Umbria, a frazione of Monteleone di Spoleto, 42°38N 12°58E, in the upper valley of the Corno River at about 900 meters (2953 ft) above sea-level. It is 2 km SE of Monteleone and 11 km (7 mi) N of Leonessa.
Ruscus Ruscus is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the family Ruscaceae, formerly classified in the family Liliaceae. The genus is native to western and southern Europe (north to southern England), Macaronesia, northwest Africa, and southwestern Asia east to the Caucasus.
Ruse Peak Ruse Peak (Vrah Ruse 'vr&h 'ru-se) is a peak rising to over 800 m in the W extremity of Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak surmounts Magura Glacier to the SW and Iskar Glacier to the NW and N.

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