Russów [ˈrussuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żelazków, within Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north of Kalisz and 101 km (63 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.
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| Coordinates: 51°51′N 18°5′E | |
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| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Kalisz County |
| Gmina | Żelazków |
Russów is the birthplace of writer Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965), author of a popular Polish historical novel Noce i dnie (Nights and Days) written between 1932 and 1934. It was made into a film by the same title in 1975 by Jerzy Antczak. Her family belonged to local landed gentry (Ziemiaństwo).[2]
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