The Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) includes an entry for the village of Ruska Wieś in Dubiecko Parish.
Ritter, Karl. 1855. “Administrativ-Karte von Den Königreichen Galizien und Lodomerien.” Wien: Verlag und Eigenthum von Artaria & Co.; digital images, Polona (https://polona.pl/item-view/9341ec1b-5a4b-44a5-9f6b-a22c716faf46?page=36: accessed 30 November 2025)
Source: Chlebowski, Bronisław, Władysław Walewski, and Filip Sulimierski, eds., Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) – Warsaw 1889, Volume X, page 30.
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Słownik Geograficzny entry for Ruska Wieś (Dubiecko Parish). Translated from the Polish, the entry reads:
2.) RuskaWieś, Ruthenian Ruskoje Selo, village, Brzozów powiat, on the right bank of the San, which bends here, bypassing the hill near Dubiecko (2 kilometers) and surrounds the village on three sides (from the west, north, and east). From the south, the village is surrounded by a forest on the Dział hills (414 residents) and Iskańska mountain (379 meters high). There is an island on the San. On the left side of the river lies part of the village with the parish church of St. Michael and the buildings of a larger estate. Elevation above sea level 290 meters and on the bank 232 meters. Part of the right bank of the San borders to the south with Polchowa and Iskań, the part on the left bank to the south with Podbukowina, to the west with Bachórzec and to the north with Dubiecko. The village has 107 houses (5 on the manor area) and 594 residents; 42 Roman Catholics, 539 Greek Catholics and 34 Jews. The larger land (Countess Jadwiga Weissenwolf) has 295 arable fields, 22 meadows and gardens, 51 pastures and 287 mórgs of forest; the smaller land has 436 arable fields, 23 meadows, 86 pastures, and 4 mórgs of forest. There is a primary school here. The Greek Catholic parish belongs to the Przemyśl district, Bircza deanery, and encompasses Polchowa, Płonno, and Podbukowina. The soil is fertile and silty. M. Maciszewski
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