Ruse, Bulgaria

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Ruse (Bulgarian: Русе; Turkish: Rusçuk) is the fifth largest city in Bulgaria. Situated in the north of the country, on the border with Romania, it is the largest Bulgarian port on the Danube and a major cultural centre.

A prominent local landmark is a 210-metre high television tower equipped with an observation deck open to visitors.

Famous persons

• Elias Canetti, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born there
• Veselin Topalov, chess player, was born there.

External link

• Pictures from Ruse (http://www.pbase.com/ngruev/rousse)
• Information for investors in the Ruse region of Bulgaria (http://www.blackseaestates.net/myfolder/towns/Regions/regRuse.htm)bg:Русеpl:Ruse

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