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Ruskin may refer to:

Surname

*Surname Ruskin, also Russkin, Russkina, Ruskina. The name occurs especially in Russia, United States and some Asian countries.

* John Ruskin (1819–1900), an English author, poet and artist, most famous for his work as art critic and social critic, and for his writing on the architecture of Venice.

A number of institutions and locations have been named after John Ruskin, including two places in the United States and one in Canada. For a short period "Ruskin" was also adopted as a forename. The name Ruskin is derived from the old given name Rose and the diminutive Kin.

*Effie Ruskin, wife of John Ruskin
*Harry Ruskin, American screenwriter
*Ira Ruskin, American politician
*Joseph Ruskin, American character actor
*Morris Ruskin, American independent film producer and CEO
*Scott Ruskin (baseball), American baseball player
*Scott Ruskin (cricketer), English cricketer
* Sheila Ruskin, English actress
* Susan Ruskin, American film producer
*Val Rapava-Ruskin, English rugby union player

*Edward Ruskin, fictional character of the British soap opera '' Emmerdale Farm''

Places

* Ruskin, British Columbia, Canada
*Ruskin, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
*In the United States:
**Ruskin, Florida
**Ruskin, Georgia
** Ruskin, Minnesota
**Ruskin, Nebraska
**Ruskin Colony, a utopian socialist colony which existed in Dickson County, Tennessee from 1894 to 1899 (the Florida and British Columbia Ruskins were also Ruskinite colonies)
**Ruskin Drive, a road in Altoona, Pennsylvania

Institutions

* Anglia Ruskin University, in Cambridge, England
*"The Ruskin", the colloquial short form for the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University
* Ruskin College, Oxford, an adult education college named after John Ruskin
*Ruskin Colleges, a group of U.S. colleges named after John Ruskin
*Ruskin Gallery, in Sheffield
*Ruskin Museum, in Coniston, Cumbria
* Ruskin Pottery, an English pottery studio in operation between 1898 and 1935
*Ruskin Hall, a residence hall at the University of Pittsburgh and a National Historic Place
*Ruskin High School (disambiguation)
*Ruskin Library; Lancaster University, United Kingdom.

Forename

* Ruskin Bond, an Indian author of British descent
*Ruskin Spear, a British painter

Other

*Ruskin Dam, in British Columbia, Canada
*Ruskin's Ride, a bridleway in Oxford, England
*A type of fried potato skin snack that's a clipped version of "russet skin", and may or may not be made from russet potato skins.

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