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Varangian - translation to russian
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Varangian
[və'rændʒiən]
прилагательное
история
варяжский
существительное
[və'rændʒiən]
история
варяг
Varangian
Varangian hist. 1. adj. варяжский 2. noun варяг
the Varangians
[собир.] варяги
Definition
Varangian
·noun One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople.
Wikipedia
Varangian (disambiguation)
Varangian may refer to one of these:
- Varangians, the term for Norse Vikings who were active in Eastern Europe
- Member of the Varangian Guard
- Russian term for Catholics in the 12th and 13th century
- Russian term for Scandinavians until the second half of the 12th century
- Russian name of the Baltic Sea up to the 18th century
- The Varangian Way, the second full-length album from Viking metallers Turisas
- Related to the Varanger Peninsula, Norway
- Sturtian-Varangian, a glacial episode approximately 700 million years ago, named after Varanger
Examples of use of Varangian
1. This, however, has never been an impediment to ruling Russia –– going back to the Varangian Rus principalities of the 'th century.
2. The unbroken chain of almost 30 appointments of local politicians to the governor‘s office came to an end with the appointment of what is sometimes called a "Varangian," a loyal outsider sent by the ruler to run the show.
3. Email the Opinion Page EditorNearly 150 years ago, poet Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy wrote a tongue–in–cheek history of Russia, with the oft–quoted refrain: "Abundant is our land, / It lacks only order." The poem plays on the account in the Povest Vremennykh Let, known in English as the Primary Chronicle, of how, in search of order and discipline, the principalities of ancient Rus invited Varangian princes to rule their land.
