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Ruins of León Viejo

Ruins of León Viejo (León de Nagrando), first capital of Nicaragua, founded 1524 by Hernández de Córdoba, abandoned 1610 after earthquakes and the Momotombo eruption; UNESCO World Heritage site since 2000.

Ruins of Loropéni

The Ruins of Loropéni are fortified stone settlement remains in southwestern Burkina Faso, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2009 linked to the medieval gold trade.

Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur

Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur (Somapura Mahavihara), UNESCO World Heritage site since 1985 in Naogaon, Bangladesh: a 920-foot square Pala-era Buddhist monastery with 177 cells and a 70-foot cruciform central shrine, built by King Dharmapala.

Ruipu Chenchuang

Ruipu Chenchuang, also ReproGenix Bioscience, is a Chinese stem-cell and regenerative-medicine company founded in 2014 in Hangzhou by Ding Lieming, Lou Shengqiong, and Deng Hongkui, developing chemically reprogrammed islet-cell therapy for diabetes.

Ruiru

Ruiru is a municipality in Kiambu County, Kenya, about 20 km northeast of Nairobi, an industrial and dormitory town of 490,120 people (2019 census) with factories, rapid unplanned growth, and major road and water projects.

Ruisrock 2026

Ruisrock 2026 was the 55th edition of Finland's oldest rock festival, held 3–5 July 2026 on the island of Ruissalo in Turku, drawing 85,000 festivalgoers.

Ruixiqibai monoclonal antibody

Recibokibart (瑞西奇拜单抗, HB0034, brand Huayijing 华亦净) is a humanized anti-IL-36R IgG1 monoclonal antibody by Shanghai Huaota/Huahai, approved in China July 2026 for adult GPP flares; first domestic IL-36R antibody.

Ruiyun Cold Chain (瑞云冷链)

Ruiyun Cold Chain (瑞云冷链) is a Chinese digital cold-chain logistics company founded in Beijing in 2020 by Zheng Ruixiang, a former JD Logistics vice president.

Ruizhi Technology

Ruizhi Technology (睿智合创（北京）科技有限公司) is a Beijing-based big-data credit-scoring company founded in 2014 that sells credit scores, anti-fraud, and risk analytics across the lending lifecycle to Chinese banks, consumer-finance companies, and insurers.

Ruja Ignatova

Ruja Ignatova, the "Cryptoqueen," co-founded the OneCoin fake-cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, which took over $4 billion from millions of investors before she vanished in October 2017. She remains on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list.

Oct 20, 2026

Rūjienas Novads

Rūjienas Novads (Rūjiena Municipality) was a Latvian municipality in northern Vidzeme, 2009–2021, centered on Rūjiena town with Ipiķu, Jeru, Lodes, and Vilpulkas parishes; 353 km², about 5,000 residents, merged into Valmiera Municipality in 2021.

Rujm al-Malfouf

Rujm al-Malfouf, also spelled Rujm el-Malfuf, is an Iron Age round tower of the Ammonite plateau in Amman, Jordan, one of the largest and best preserved of the region's towers.

Rujm el-Farideyyeh

Rujm el-Farideyyeh (Rujm al-Faridiyya) was a Roman-period castrum on the Via Nova Traiana in Tafilah Governorate, Jordan, at mile 58 from Petra; a 45 m ashlar fort dated 30 BC to AD 300, bulldozed between 2013 and 2017.

Rujm el-Hiri

Rujm el-Hiri, also known as Gilgal Refaim, is a large megalithic stone circle on a basalt plateau in the Golan Heights, over 150 m across.

Ruka

Ruka (루카), stage name of Kawai Ruka, is a Japanese rapper and dancer, the oldest member of the YG Entertainment girl group BABYMONSTER, which debuted in 2023.

Ruka Hirano

Ruka Hirano (平野流佳, born 2002, Osaka) is a Japanese halfpipe snowboarder, 2020 Youth Olympic champion, 2025 world silver medalist, two-time Olympian (12th Beijing 2022, 4th Milan Cortina 2026), and two-time Crystal Globe winner; unrelated to Ayumu and Kaishu Hirano.

Rukhmabai

Rukhmabai Raut (1864-1955), Indian physician and reformer; child bride whose Dadaji Bhikaji v. Rukhmabai case (1884-1888) fueled the Age of Consent Act 1891; second Indian woman to practice Western medicine, first Hindu woman to obtain a legal divorce.

Rukhsar Rehman (रुखसार रहमान)

Rukhsar Rehman (रुखसार रहमान) is an Indian actor born in 1975 in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, known for PK, Uri: The Surgical Strike, and The Gone Game.

Ruki Vverh!

Ruki Vverh! (Руки Вверх!) is a Russian pop and eurodance duo founded in 1996 by Sergei Zhukov and Alexei Potekhin, a symbol of late-1990s Russian pop.

Rukia Kuchiki (朽木ルキア)

Rukia Kuchiki (朽木ルキア) is Tite Kubo's first-designed BLEACH character, a 13th Division Soul Reaper who transfers her powers to Ichigo Kurosaki, wields the ice Zanpakuto Sode no Shirayuki, gains Bankai in the Thousand-Year Blood War arc, and is voiced by Fumiko Orikasa.

Rukibtu

Rukibtu, also spelled Rukibti, was a king of Ashkelon in the late eighth century BC, installed by Assyria after the deposition of Mitinti, and father of Sharru-lu-dari.

Rukiya Anpo

Rukiya Anpo (安保瑠輝也), "Demolition Man", Japanese kickboxer born 1995 in Himeji; former K-1 Super Lightweight champion (2019, two defenses), Pacquiao exhibition draw 2024, now 0-1 in ONE Championship.

Rukmavati Bai

Rukmavati Bai, Rathore princess of Marwar, daughter of Rao Maldeo by his patar Tipu, was a consort of Mughal emperor Akbar, married around 1581, childless, died before 1623.

Rukmini

Rukmini (रुक्मिणी), also known as Rakhumai, is the principal queen of Krishna in Hindu tradition, a princess of Vidarbha whom Krishna abducted before her unwanted marriage to Shishupala and often identified with Lakshmi.

Rukmini Devi Arundale

Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904–1986), Indian theosophist, dancer, and choreographer; revived and renamed sadhir as Bharatanatyam, founded Kalakshetra in 1936, first woman nominated to the Rajya Sabha, and founding chair of the Animal Welfare Board of India.

Oct 22, 2026

Rukmini Harana (Sankaradeva)

Rukmini Harana (ৰুক্মিণী হৰণ, "The Abduction of Rukmini") is a one-act devotional play by Assamese saint-poet Srimanta Sankaradeva, dramatizing Krishna's rescue of Rukmini from an arranged marriage.