Ruzhyn (UTS)

Ruschyn (Ukrainian Ружин; Ruschin Russian, Polish Różyn ) is an urban-type settlement in the western center of Ukraine in the Zhytomyr Oblast.

Ruschyn is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons and is located south of Zhytomyr Oblast. The nearest major town is Fastiw, which is about 65 kilometers away. The status of a urban-type settlement was the village in 1962.

Personalities

  • Eirini d' Eirinis, pioneer of the mining industry in Switzerland, born in Ruschyn
  • Israel Friedman, Hasidic rabbi, " the Holy One of Ruschyn "
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