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Rosso Fiorentino
Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo, 1494–1540) was an Italian Mannerist painter, born in Florence, known for the Volterra Deposition and for leading the decoration of Fontainebleau.
Rosstat
Rosstat (Росстат), formally the Federal State Statistics Service, is the federal executive body of Russia that produces official statistics; founded 25 June 1811, it has been subordinated to the Ministry of Economic Development since 2017.
Røssvatnet
Røssvatnet (Reevhtse) is a regulated lake in Hattfjelldal and Hemnes, Nordland, Norway; after 1950s damming it is Norway's second largest lake at 219 km² and third largest hydropower reservoir, 2.0 TWh, feeding the Røssåga power stations.
Rossy de Palma
Rossy de Palma (Rosa Elena García Echave, born 1964, Palma de Mallorca) is a Spanish actress and model, a 'chica Almodóvar' since La ley del deseo (1987), with Goya nominations for Kika and La flor de mi secreto and a fashion career with Jean-Paul Gaultier.
Rostam (رستم)
Rostam (رستم, Rustam), the paramount legendary hero of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (completed 1010 CE): rider of Rakhsh, hero of the Seven Labors, father who unknowingly slays Sohrab, and a figure killed through his brother's treachery, distinct from the Sasanian commander Rostam Farrokh-Hormozd.
Rostam Batmanglij
Rostam Batmanglij (رستم باتمانقلیچ), known as Rostam, is an Iranian-American producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, formerly of Vampire Weekend, known for Frank Ocean's "Ivy," Clairo's Immunity, HAIM collaborations, and solo albums Half-Light, Changephobia, and American Stories.
Rostam Farrokhzad
Rostam Farrokhzad (رستم فرخزاد) was a Sasanian military commander and regent for Yazdgard III who led the imperial army against the Arab-Muslim conquest and died at the Battle of Qadisiyya in the mid-630s.
Rostashy-Konnovskoye field
The Rostashy-Konnovskoye field is an operating, medium-sized oil field in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, in the Volga-Ural province, combining two fields discovered in 1982 and developed from 1989.
Rostec (Ростех)
Rostec (Ростех), also known as Rostekhnologii, is a Russian state corporation holding much of the country's defense and high-tech industry, created by law signed by Vladimir Putin in 2007.
Rostechnadzor
Rostechnadzor (Ростехнадзор), formally the Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Supervision, is Russia's federal regulator of industrial, nuclear, and environmental safety, created in 2004.
Rostelecom Cup
The Rostelecom Cup, established in 1996 as the Cup of Russia (Кубок России), was Russia's annual ISU Grand Prix figure skating event, usually held in Moscow until 2022.
Rostislav I
Rostislav I (Ростислав Мстиславич, in baptism Michael) was a Rurikid prince, prince of Smolensk from 1125 and grand prince of Kiev from 1159 to 1167.
Rostislav Vaclavicek
Rostislav Václavíček (1946–2022), Czech football defender; Olympic gold with Czechoslovakia at Moscow 1980 and captain of Zbrojovka Brno's only 1978 title; record 280 consecutive league matches; not the breathing-technique author Rostislav Václavek.
Rostock
Rostock (Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock) is a Hanseatic city and kreisfreie Stadt on the Warnow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Founded 1218, largest city in the state, home of the 1419 University of Rostock and Germany's largest Baltic universal port.
Rostom Amusement Park
Rostom Amusement Park (حديقة رستم للألعاب الترفيهية), or Parc d'attraction de Tiaret, is a theme park in Tiaret, Algeria. Inaugurated 1987 by Italian engineers on over 40 hectares, it closed, was rehabilitated in 2016, and operates two steel roller coasters including Dragon.
Rostom of Kartli
Rostom of Kartli, also known as Rostom-Khan, born Khosrow Mirza, was a Georgian prince of the Bagrationi dynasty who ruled Kartli as a Safavid-appointed viceroy from 1632 or 1633 until 1658.
Roston Chase
Roston Chase (Roston Lamar Chase), born 1992 in Christ Church, Barbados, is a West Indian all-rounder, right-hand batter and off-spin bowler, West Indies Test captain since May 2025, with a best of 8/60 and a 194 against Sri Lanka in 2026.
Rostov nuclear power plant
The Rostov nuclear power plant (Rostov NPP), historically called the Volgodonsk NPP, is a Russian nuclear station near Volgodonsk, Rostov Oblast, with four VVER-1000 reactors totaling 4,071 MW.
Rostov Oblast (Ростовская область)
Rostov Oblast (Ростовская область), a federal subject of Russia in the Southern Federal District with capital Rostov-on-Don; formed 13 September 1937; area 100.8 thousand km²; population 4,137.3 thousand (2025); major agrarian and industrial region on the lower Don.
Rostov strike of 1902
The Rostov strike of 1902 (Ростовская стачка 1902 года) was a general strike in Rostov-on-Don, led by the RSDRP's Don Committee, ending when police fired on workers.
Rostov-on-Don (Ростов-на-Дону)
Rostov-on-Don (Ростов-на-Дону), southern Russian city on the Don River, administrative center of Rostov Oblast and Southern Federal District capital; founded 1749 as the Temernik customs house, population about 1.14 million, major river-sea port and transport hub.
Rostovsky Biosphere Reserve
Rostovsky Biosphere Reserve (Ростовский), a UNESCO MAB site in Rostov Oblast, Russia, around the 1995 State Nature Reserve on Lake Manych-Gudilo; four dry-steppe sites, Ramsar wetland, designated 2008 as Russia's 38th biosphere reserve.
Rostow's stages of growth
Rostow's stages of growth is a five-stage model of economic development proposed by Walt Whitman Rostow in 1959, running from traditional society to high mass consumption.
Rostrhamus
Rostrhamus (snail kites), Lesson 1830, a monotypic Accipitridae genus holding the snail kite Rostrhamus sociabilis; Neotropical Pomacea-snail specialist; Florida subspecies plumbeus federally endangered since 1967.
Rostrum Nemaviae
Rostrum Nemaviae was a Roman road station and fortified site on the road from Augsburg to Kempten, identified with the Goldberg hill near Türkheim in Bavaria.
Rostselmash
Rostselmash (Ростсельмаш), short for Rostov Agricultural Machinery Plant, is a Russian agricultural machinery manufacturer in Rostov-on-Don, founded in 1929 and Russia's largest producer of combine harvesters.
Rostyslav Hryhorchuk
Rostyslav Hryhorchuk, publishing as Rostislav Grigorchuk, is a Ukrainian mathematician and Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University who constructed the first Grigorchuk group in 1980, solving Milnor's intermediate growth problem.
Rosuvastatin
Rosuvastatin, sold as Crestor, is a statin drug that blocks HMG-CoA reductase to lower cholesterol, first approved in the United States in 2003 for people at elevated cardiovascular risk.
Roswell (TV series)
Roswell (1999-2002) is an American teen sci-fi drama created by Jason Katims for The WB and UPN, adapted from Melinda Metz's Roswell High books, about alien-human hybrids Max, Isabel, and Michael in Roswell, New Mexico; distinct from the 2019 reboot Roswell, New Mexico.
Roswell Dwight Hitchcock
Roswell Dwight Hitchcock (1817–1887) was an American clergyman and biblical scholar, president of Union Theological Seminary and compiler of a topical analysis of the Bible.