Ruch may refer to:

Settlements

Ruch, Gironde Ruch is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gironde department The following is a list of the 535 Communes of France, communes of the Gironde Departments of ...

, a commune in France *

Ruch, Oregon Ruch is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. It is located on Oregon Route 238, southeast of Grants Pass. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 840. Ruch was named for Ca ...

, an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon *

Ruch-e Olya Ruch-e Olya ( fa, روچ عليا, also Romanized as Rūch-e ‘Olyā) is a village in Alamut-e Pain Rural District, Rudbar-e Alamut District, Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 118, in 57 families. Refer ...

, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran *

Ruch-e Sofla, Qazvin Ruch-e Sofla ( fa, روچ سفلي, also Romanized as Rūch-e Soflá) is a village in Alamut-e Pain Rural District, Rudbar-e Alamut District, Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and ...

, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran

In Poland

One of the meanings of ''ruch'' in Polish is ''movement''.

Sport

Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów () is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: fourteen-time national champions, and three-time winners of the Polish Cup. Currently the team play ...

, a football club from Poland *

Ruch Radzionków Ruch Radzionków is a Polish association football club based in Radzionków Radzionków (; german: Radzionkau, ) is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union – metropolis with t ...

, a football club from Poland *

Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie is a Polish football club playing currently in III liga III liga (Trzecia liga) is a Polish football league that sits in the fourth tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season ...

, a football club from Poland *

Ruch Zdzieszowice {{Infobox football club , clubname = Ruch Zdzieszowice , image = HKS Ruch Zdzieszowice logo.svg , fullname = Miejski Klub Sportowy Ruch Zdzieszowice , nickname = , founded = 1969 , ground = Municipal ...

, a football club from Poland

Organisations

Prasa-Książka-Ruch The RSW Prasa-Książka-Ruch literally the Workers' Publishing Cooperative abbreviated to RSW ( pl, Robotnicza Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza ), was a state-owned newspaper monopoly in communist Poland founded on 1 January 1973 by the Polish United W ...

, a state-owned newspaper monopoly in communist Poland *

Ruch catalog The Ruch catalog of postage stamps of Poland, officially titled ''Ilustrowany Katalog Znaczków Polskich'', contained detailed information on Polish postage stamps, and was published on a yearly basis. The purpose of the catalog was to describe pos ...

(Ilustrowany Katalog Znaczków Polskich), catalogue of postage stamps *

Ruch Narodowy National Movement ( pl, Ruch Narodowy, RN) is an ultranationalist political party in Poland. It is led by Robert Winnicki. It was founded in 2012 as an organization, and in 2014 it was registered as a political party. It is a part of the Confe ...

, a Polish far-right political party *

Ruch Palikota Your Movement ( pl, Twój Ruch, which can also be translated as ''Your Move'', TR) is a social liberal, populist and anti-clerical political party in Poland. The party was founded by Janusz Palikot, a former Civic Platform MP, in October 2010 a ...

, a former Polish political party *

Ruch (organisation) Ruch was an anti-communist organisation operating in Poland between 1965 and 1970. Its stated aim was the replacement of Poland's Marxist-Leninist-governed one-party state with a representative democracy. The group planned an arson attack on the Le ...

, a former Polish underground organisation

People

Notable people with the surname Ruch include: *

Angela Ruch Angela Christine Ruch (née Cope, pronounced "ruck") (born August 18, 1983) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She is the niece of Derrike Cope and the sister of Amber Cope. She last competed in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors ...

(born 1983), American stock car racing driver *

Charlie Ruch Lewis Charles "Charlie" Ruch (1862 – August 30, 1937) was the owner and president of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1930 to 1932. In 1913, former New York City police commissioner William Baker had a problem. He had joined a group headed by his ...

(1862–1937), American businessman, owner and president of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1930 to 1932 *

Daniel Ruch Daniel Ruch (born January 1, 1983 in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey) is an assistant soccer coach with Virginia Wesleyan. He played professionally for two years for the Virginia Beach Mariners of the USL Second Division and the Wilmington Hammerhe ...

(born 1983), American soccer coach *

Dave Ruch Dave Ruch (born November 8, 1964) is an American performer and teaching artist working with K-12 students and multi-generational audiences across much of the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Ruch specializes in educational programming, ...

(born 1964), American performer and teaching artist *

Günter Ruch Günter Ruch (born 19 August 1956 in Sinzig, Rhineland-Palatinate, died 18 December 2010 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler) was a German writer, journalist, politician of the FDP and author of contemporary, fantasy and historical novels. He lived in Bad ...

(1956–2010), German writer and politician *

Hans Ruch Hans Ruch (8 September 1898 – 8 August 1947) was a German international footballer who played for Union 92 Berlin and Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin ...

(1898–1947), German footballer *

John Ruch John Ruch (6 May 1834 – 21 August 1912) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Ruch was born Massillon, Ohio. On October 24, 1858, he married Emma Buchanan. Ruch owned sawmills and a farm in Scott, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. ...

(1834–1912), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly *

Peter Ruch Peter Ruch (born 8 April 1941) is a Swiss former sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre rifle three positions event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as t ...

(born 1941), Swiss Olympic shooter *

Stewart E. Ruch III Stewart E. Ruch III is an American Anglican bishop. He has been the first bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Upper Midwest at the Anglican Church in North America, since his consecration on 28 September 2013. He is married to Katherine and th ...

(consecrated 2013), American Anglican bishop

Other uses

Ruch (river) The Ruch (russian: Ручь) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a left tributary of the Veslyana, which in turn is a tributary of the Kama. The river is long. The area of its drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing ...

, Perm Krai, Russia *

Ruching In knitting Knitting is a method by which yarn is manipulated to create a textile, or fabric. It is used to create many types of garments. Knitting may be done by hand or by machine. Knitting creates stitches: loops of yarn in a row, eit ...

, a technique for gathering fabric