The first document concerning the village of Ruské comes from 1585, when the local population was first taxed with a tax by the Hungarian king. Its name proves that its founders were Ruthenians.
It was founded on the territory of the Drugeth estate. Their property, or their heirs, was until the beginning of the 18th century. Every year, the inhabitants of the village of Ruské paid landowners taxes and benefits typical of villages governed by Wallachian law, consisting in the payment of compulsory financial and natural payments such as sheep, cheese, woolen carpets, horse belts, fox skins, beeswax, oats, eggs, butter and shingles.
In 1600, there were 14 houses inhabited by serfs and two or three houses of village leaders. The number of households in the village did not change significantly in the 17th century. At the beginning of the 18th century (1703), 27 oxen, 13 horses, 19 cows, 112 sheep, 32 pigs and 13 bee colonies were bred in the farms of village leaders, and in the farms of serfs, 7 oxen, 1 horse, 42 sheep, 5 pigs and 3 hives. At that time, only 4 serf farms were inhabited, and as many as 17 were abandoned. In 1715, a mill was built in the village, and in 1728, an inn.
