Ruse is the largest Bulgarian port on the Danube River. Its profitable geographic location has accounted for the city’s economic and political growth throughout the most of its history. 

As far as in the 1st century B.C., the Romans had erected in the city’s territory a wharf and a fortified settlement, the ruins of which would later, in the 9th century, became the foundation for the new fortress – erected by the Bulgarians themselves and titled Ruse. Later, during almost five centuries, the city would pose as a military, administrative and trade center of the Ottoman Empire, and after its liberation – become a beautiful port city with elegant architecture.

The twinning relations between Volgograd and Ruse were established in 2001. Partnership also connects Volgograd’s “Olympia” Lyceum and Ruse’s “St. Cyril’s (Constantine the Philosopher’s)”School.

Website: https://www.ruse-bg.eu/index.php