Russów

Russów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żelazków, within Kalisz County, Greater [Poland Voivodeship], in west-central Poland.

Notable people

Russów is the birthplace of writer Maria Dąbrowska, the author of a popular Polish historical novel Noce i dnie 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.