Ruch may refer to:

Settlements

Ruch, Gironde Ruch is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gironde department The following is a list of the 535 communes of the Gironde department of France. The commu ...

, a commune in France * Ruch, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon * Ruch-e Olya, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran * Ruch-e Sofla, Qazvin, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran

In Poland

One of the meanings of ''ruch'' in Polish is ''movement''.

Sport

Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów () is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: fourteen-time national champions, and three-time winners of the Polish Cup. Currently the team play ...

, a football club from Poland *

Ruch Radzionków Ruch Radzionków is a Polish association football club based in Radzionków. The club was disaffiliated in 2012 due to financial problems and the board has decided to withdraw from the competition in season 2012/2013. Instead Ruch Radzionków pla ...

, a football club from Poland * Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie, a football club from Poland *

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, a football club from Poland

Organisations

* Prasa-Książka-Ruch, a state-owned newspaper monopoly in communist Poland * Ruch catalog (Ilustrowany Katalog Znaczków Polskich), catalogue of postage stamps * Ruch Narodowy, a Polish far-right political party * Ruch Palikota, a former Polish political party *

Ruch (organisation) Ruch was an anti-communist organisation operating in Poland between 1965 and 1970. Its stated aim was the replacement of Poland's Marxist-Leninist-governed one-party state with a representative democracy. The group planned an arson attack on the Le ...

, a former Polish underground organisation

People

Notable people with the surname Ruch include: *

Angela Ruch Angela Christine Ruch (née Cope, pronounced "ruck") (born August 18, 1983) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She is the niece of Derrike Cope and the sister of Amber Cope. She last competed in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors T ...

(born 1983), American stock car racing driver *

Charlie Ruch Lewis Charles "Charlie" Ruch (1862 – August 30, 1937) was the owner and president of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1930 to 1932. In 1913, former New York City police commissioner William Baker had a problem. He had joined a group headed by his ...

(1862–1937), American businessman, owner and president of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1930 to 1932 *

Daniel Ruch Daniel Ruch (born January 1, 1983 in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey) is an assistant soccer coach with Virginia Wesleyan. He played professionally for two years for the Virginia Beach Mariners of the USL Second Division and the Wilmington Hammerhea ...

(born 1983), American soccer coach *

Dave Ruch Dave Ruch (born November 8, 1964) is an American performer and teaching artist working with K-12 students and multi-generational audiences across much of the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Ruch specializes in educational programming, ...

(born 1964), American performer and teaching artist *

Günter Ruch Günter Ruch (born 19 August 1956 in Sinzig, Rhineland-Palatinate, died 18 December 2010 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler) was a German writer, journalist, politician of the FDP and author of contemporary, fantasy and historical novels. He lived in Ba ...

(1956–2010), German writer and politician *

Hans Ruch Hans Ruch (8 September 1898 – 8 August 1947) was a German international footballer who played for Union 92 Berlin and Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, ...

(1898–1947), German footballer *

John Ruch John Ruch (6 May 1834 – 21 August 1912) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Ruch was born Massillon, Ohio. On October 24, 1858, he married Emma Buchanan. Ruch owned sawmills and a farm in Scott, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. ...

(1834–1912), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly *

Peter Ruch Peter Ruch (born 8 April 1941) is a Swiss former sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre rifle three positions event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as t ...

(born 1941), Swiss Olympic shooter * Stewart E. Ruch III (consecrated 2013), American Anglican bishop

Other uses

Ruch (river) The Ruch (russian: Ручь) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a left tributary of the Veslyana, which in turn is a tributary of the Kama. The river is long. The area of its drainage basin is . Main tributaries: Tuykos (right) and Chuklya The C ...

, Perm Krai, Russia *

Ruching In knitting, a gather draws stitches closer together within a row of knitting. Common methods include: * In binding, a yarn loop is passed over 2 or more stitches in the same row (usually adjacent to the binding loop); also known as a ''pullover ...

, a technique for gathering fabric