Ruse, Bulgaria (bgr)

Ruse, Bulgaria

Ruse, Bulgaria ranks 2,261st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Prizren, Bangor, Maine, and Campina Grande. Memorable people born in Ruse, Bulgaria include Elias Canetti, Veselin Topalov, and Dimitrana Ivanova. Memorable people who died in Ruse, Bulgaria include Lyuben Karavelov and Victoria Marinova. Ruse, Bulgaria has been the birth place of many athletes and writers and the death place of many writers and journalists. Ruse, Bulgaria is located in Bulgaria.

Ruse 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 67 km (42 mi) south of Bucharest, Romania's capital, 172 km (107 mi) from Varna and 249 km (155 mi) from the capital Sofia. Thanks to its location and its railway and road bridge over the Danube, it is the most significant Bulgarian river port, serving an important part of the international trade of the country. It is the 12th largest of all cities on the Danube river. Read more on Wikipedia