Rus or RUS may refer to:

People and places

* Rus (surname), a Romanian-language surname * East Slavic historical territories and peoples (). See

Names of Rus', Russia and Ruthenia A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. They can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. The entity identified by a name is called its referent. A person ...

Rus' people The Rusʹ (Old East Slavic: Рѹсь; Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn, and Ukrainian: Русь; Old Norse: '' Garðar''; Greek: Ῥῶς, ''Rhos'') were a people in early medieval eastern Europe. The scholarly consensus holds that they were or ...

, the people of Rus' ** Rus' territories ***

Kievan Rus' Kievan Rusʹ, also known as Kyivan Rusʹ ( orv, , Rusĭ, or , , ; Old Norse: ''Garðaríki''), was a state in Eastern and Northern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical Atlas of ...

, a medieval East Slavic state, centered in Kiev ***

Rus' Khaganate The Rusʹ Khaganate ( be, Рускі каганат, ''Ruski kahanat'', russian: Русский каганат, ''Russkiy kaganat'', uk, Руський каганат, ''Ruśkyj kahanat''), is the name applied by some modern historians to a ...

, a ninth-century Eastern European state *** Ruthenia ***

Vladimir-Suzdal Vladimir-Suzdal (russian: Владимирско-Су́здальская, ''Vladimirsko-Suzdal'skaya''), also Vladimir-Suzdalian Rus', formally known as the Grand Duchy of Vladimir (1157–1331) (russian: Владимиро-Су́здальс ...

(Vladimirian Rus'), an East Slavic medieval state, centered in Vladimir ***

Principality of Halych The Principality of Halych ( uk, Галицьке князівство, translit=Halytske kniazivstvo; rus, Галицкое княжество; orv, Галицкоє кънѧжьство; ro, Cnezatul Galiția), or Principality of Halychian Ru ...

(Halychian Rus'), an East Slavic medieval state, in region of Halych ***

Principality of Volhynia The Principality of Volhynia was a western Kievan Rus' principality founded by the Rurik dynasty in 987 centered in the region of Volhynia, straddling the borders of modern-day Ukraine, Belarus, and Poland. From 1069 to 1118, it belonged to Izya ...

(Volhynian Rus'), an East Slavic medieval state, in regions of Volhynia *** Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (Halych-Volhynian Rus'), an East Slavic medieval state, uniting Halych and Volhynia *** Kingdom of Rus', an East Slavic medieval kingdom (Galicia-Volhynia) ***

Principality of Turov The Principality of Turov, also called Principality of Turov and Pinsk ( be, Турава-Пінскае княства, russian: Турово-Пинское княжество, uk, Турово-Пінське князівство) or Turovian Rus ...

(Turovian Rus'), an East Slavic medieval state, in region of Turov ***

Principality of Polotsk The Principality of Polotsk ( be, По́лацкае кня́ства, ''Polackaje kniastva''; la, Polocensis Ducatus), also known as the Duchy of Polotsk or Polotskian Rus', was a medieval principality of the Early East Slavs. The origin and ...

(Polotskian Rus'), an East Slavic medieval state, in region of Polotsk ***

Novgorod Republic The Novgorod Republic was a medieval state that existed from the 12th to 15th centuries, stretching from the Gulf of Finland in the west to the northern Ural Mountains in the east, including the city of Novgorod and the Lake Ladoga regions of mod ...

(Novgorodian Rus'), an East Slavic medieval state, centered in Novgorod *** Grand Duchy of Moscow (Muscovite Rus'), an East Slavic medieval state, centered in Moscow ***

Tsardom of Russia The Tsardom of Russia or Tsardom of Rus' also externally referenced as the Tsardom of Muscovy, was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of Tsar by Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by Peter I ...

(Tsardom of Rus'), an East Slavic early modern state, centered in Moscow ***

Little Russia Little Russia (russian: Малороссия/Малая Россия, Malaya Rossiya/Malorossiya; uk, Малоросія/Мала Росія, Malorosiia/Mala Rosiia), also known in English as Malorussia, Little Rus' (russian: Малая Ру� ...

(Minor Rus'), an East Slavic historical region ***

Great Russia Great Russia, sometimes Great Rus' (russian: Великая Русь, , , , , ), is a name formerly applied to the territories of "Russia proper", the land that formed the core of Muscovy and later Russia. This was the land to which the et ...

(Great Rus’), an East Slavic historical region ***

White Ruthenia White Ruthenia ( cu, Бѣла Роусь, Bela Rous'; be, Белая Русь, Biełaja Ruś; pl, Ruś Biała; russian: Белая Русь, Belaya Rus'; ukr, Біла Русь, Bila Rus') alternatively known as Russia Alba, White Rus' or W ...

(White Rus'), an East Slavic historical region ***

Red Ruthenia Red Ruthenia or Red Rus' ( la, Ruthenia Rubra; '; uk, Червона Русь, Chervona Rus'; pl, Ruś Czerwona, Ruś Halicka; russian: Червонная Русь, Chervonnaya Rus'; ro, Rutenia Roșie), is a term used since the Middle Ages fo ...

(Red Rus'), an East Slavic historical region *** Black Ruthenia (Black Rus'), an East Slavic historical region ***

Carpathian Ruthenia Carpathian Ruthenia ( rue, Карпатьска Русь, Karpat'ska Rus'; uk, Закарпаття, Zakarpattia; sk, Podkarpatská Rus; hu, Kárpátalja; ro, Transcarpatia; pl, Zakarpacie); cz, Podkarpatská Rus; german: Karpatenukrai ...

(Red Rus', Carpathian Rus'), an East Slavic historical region inhabited mostly by Rusyns (Rusynia), and a 1918–1919 provisional autonomous region, known as the "Rusyn Land" ***

(Subcarpathian Rus'), an administrative region of the First Czechoslovak Republic *** Western Rus (disambiguation) *** Principality of Rus' (disambiguation) *** Grand Principality of Rus' (disambiguation) ** Rus, a legendary eponymous ancestor, see Lech, Czech and Rus

Acronyms

Rajshahi University School Rajshahi University School (RUS) ( bn, রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ষ্কুল) is a co-educational Bangladeshi school (Grade I-XII) situated in Rajshahi University. It was established in 1966. Admissio ...

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Codes

* rus, the

ISO 639-2 ISO 639- 2:1998, ''Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code'', is the second part of the ISO 639 standard, which lists codes for the representation of the names of languages. The three-letter codes given for ea ...

code for the Russian language * RUS, the

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes are three-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas o ...

code for the

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

* RUS, the IATA airport code for Marau Airport

Other places

* Ruś (disambiguation), the name of several Polish villages * Rus, Jaén, a municipality in the Province of Jaén, Spain *

Rus, Sălaj Rus ( hu, Oroszmező) is a commune located in Sălaj County, Transylvania, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern E ...

, a commune in Sălaj County, Romania *

Ruse, Bulgaria Ruse (also transliterated as Rousse, Russe; bg, Русе ) is the fifth largest city in Bulgaria. Ruse is in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, approximately south of ...

, Bulgaria * Ruski Krstur, Vojvodina, Serbia * Rus, a village in Dumbrăviţa Commune, Maramureș County, Romania

Other uses

* ''Rus'' (1903), a Russian newspaper published intermittently from 1903 to 1908 * Rus (special forces), a unit of interior troops of the Russian Federation *

Rus-M Rus-M (russian: Русь-М) was a proposed launcher design which was intended to become Russia's main launch vehicle for crewed spaceflight after 2018, and an integral part of the Orel spacecraft being developed to replace the Soyuz. Rus-M was b ...

, a cancelled Russian space rocket program

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