Ruskeala (Russian: Рускеала; Finnish: Ruskeala) is a rural locality (a settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of Sortavala in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.

The integrity of the massif of the marble was cracked in the 20th century due to the use of dynamite.

Now these picturesque deep quarries and adits with limpid water serve as a popular tourist attraction.

The quarries, as well as some other marble deposits of Karelia, the Urals, and Italy, supplied various projects in St. Petersburg, including St. Isaac's Cathedral, Marble Palace, St. Michael's Castle, the interiors of the Winter Palace, New Hermitage and Kazan Cathedral, and decorations of the St. Petersburg Metro (namely the Primorskaya and Ladozhskaya stations).

A series of small cascade waterfalls on the Tokhmayoki River is another popular tourist attraction situated near the settlement.