Varyag
Encyclopedia
People
- VarangiansVarangiansThe Varangians or Varyags , sometimes referred to as Variagians, were people from the Baltic region, most often associated with Vikings, who from the 9th to 11th centuries ventured eastwards and southwards along the rivers of Eastern Europe, through what is now Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.According...
, ancestors of the Rus' sometimes called "Vikings" in English publications - Variags of Khand, a people of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
Ships
- Soviet aircraft carrier VaryagSoviet aircraft carrier VaryagVaryag was to be an Admiral Kuznetsov class multirole aircraft carrier of the Soviet Union. She was known as Riga when her keel was laid down at Shipyard 444 in Nikolayev December 6, 1985. Design of the carrier was undertaken by the Nevskoye Planning and Design Bureau...
, an Admiral Kuznetsov-class carrier, a Bogatyr class screw corvette - Russian cruiser VaryagRussian cruiser VaryagVaryag was a Russian protected cruiser. Varyag became famous for its crew stoicism at the Battle of Chemulpo Bay.-History:...
, any one of three different cruisers in the Russian and Soviet Navy