Ruscova
Ruscova is located in the northeastern part of Maramureș County, 20 km (12 mi) northwest of the town of Vișeu de Sus and 84 km (52 mi) northeast of the county seat, Baia Mare.The village officially became part of the Kingdom of Romania in June 1920 under the terms of the Treaty of Trianon, which ceded the territory from Hungary.During the interwar period, the commune fell within plasa Vișeu of Maramureș County.In August 1940, the Second Vienna Award reassigned the territory of Northern Transylvania (which included Ruscova) from Romania to Hungary.Towards the end of World War II, however, the locality was taken back from Hungarian and German troops by Romanian and Soviet forces in October 1944.