What is "rus"

Rus' ( Russian Русь) was a special forces unit ( spetsnaz) of the Interior Troops (VV), of the Interior Ministry ( MVD) of the Russian Federation. It was a unit in the Independent Operative Purpose Division (ODON).

Rus was created on August 1, 1994. It traces its roots from the OMSBON, the Independent Motorized Infantry Battalion of Special Purpose (later ODON), which was created in 1964 from the 4th Battalion of the OMSDON. The dedicated role of the unit is counter-terrorism and direct action in times of crisis. Rus actively participated, along with other MVD units, in the military and paramilitary operations in Chechnya and the broader North Caucasus region along special forces units (including in the Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis and the Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis; in one incident, a whole platoon of Rus sent to Dagestan was eliminated in a roadside bombing attack). On September 1, 2008, Rus and Vityaz were deactivated and then merged into a single unit, the 604th Red Banner Special Purpose Center of the MVD RF Internal Troops, on the direct command of ODON.

Ruś may refer to the following places:

• Ruś, Podlaskie Voivodeship, a village in Łomża County, north-eastern Poland
• Ruś, Olsztyn County, a village in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland
• Ruś, Ostróda County, a village in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland
• Ruś, the Polish name for the Rus' (region) in Eastern Europe

Rus (Russia) was a liberal-bourgeois daily newspaper published in St. Petersburg, Russia, from 1903 to 1908 with intervals and under different names like Rus (Russia), Molva (Hearsay) and Dvadtsaty Vek (The Twentieth Century).

'''Rus or RUS may refer to:

• Rus (name) ( ''Rus' ''), the transliteration of the Slavic name for Ruthenia
  • Rus' (region), the associated territory
  • Rus' people, the people of Rus'
• Historical states known as "Rus" are:
  • Rus' Khaganate, the formative phase of the polity during the 9th century
  • Kievan Rus'
  • Novgorod Republic
  • Kingdom of Rus' or Galicia-Volhynia
  • Vladimir-Suzdal Rus
  • The Tsardom of Russia or Muscovy
• Rus, a legendary eponymous ancestor, see Lech, Czech and Rus
• Rus (special forces), a unit of interior troops of the Russian Federation
• Rus (1903), a Russian newspaper published intermittently from 1903 to 1908

• Ruś (disambiguation), the name of several Polish villages
• Rus, Jaén, a municipality in the Province of Jaén (Spain)
• Rus, Sălaj, a commune in Sălaj County, Romania
• Rus, a village in Dumbrăviţa Commune, Maramureş County, Romania

• rus, the ISO 639-2 code for the Russian language
• RUS, the ISO 3166-1 code for the Russian Federation

• Arantxa Rus, Dutch tennis player
• Rus (surname), a Romanian-language surname

• Unofficial name of Prospective Piloted Transport System, a Russian proposed manned spacecraft
• RUS, an acronym for Recipient Update Service, a service of Microsoft Exchange Server
• Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy, a laboratory technique

• RUS, an acronym for Rural Utilities Service, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture
• Rajshahi University School
• Route utilisation strategy

Rus is a Romanian-language surname that may refer to:

• Corneliu Rus
• Daniela L. Rus
• Ioan Rus
• Laura Rus
• Laurențiu Rus