Men in Middle-earth (redirect from Variags of Khand)
"slant-eyed"; they ride horses or wagons, leading to the name "wain-riders". The Variags of Khand formed a third but smaller group, who appear as vassals of Mordor...
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Haradrim Southrons who brought elephantine beasts, Easterlings from Rhûn and Variags from Khand, and many Orcs and Trolls. Tolkien describes the army as the...
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Varyag (Russian: Варя́г) sometimes also spelled Variag, was a Russian protected cruiser. Varyag became famous for her crew's stoicism at the Battle of...
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service to the Byzantine Empire. Bearded axe-wielding Easterlings known as "Variags" appear in Tolkien's fantasy novel The Return of the King. In the PC game...
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published, and the words by Stepan Petrov were added later. The second song, "Variag", commemorates the Battle of Chemulpo Bay in which that cruiser and the...
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Aircraft carrier «Variag» in 2001...
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The Men of Darkness are the Easterlings, the Haradrim (Southrons), and Variags of Khand, most of whom have lived under the sway of Sauron. They are shorter...
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Kozy i Shekspir: [Goats and Shakespear: ], Russian Edition, 2008 Put' iz Variag v Greki (The Road from the Varangians to the Greeks), Russian Edition 2008...
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1856–1859, scuttled to protect Kronstadt harbour 1863, steam engine reused in Variag (1862). Askold \ «Аскольд» (ex-Maria \ «Мария» - renamed on slip) 46 (1854)...
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Columbia, the Baltimore, the Minneapolis, the Newark, the Brooklyn, the Variag, the Retvizan, the Mecidiye, the Colorado and the Pennsylvania. Trower's...
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a half-hour, Variag and Koretz retired toward Chemulpo, the Japanese ceasing fire at 12:40 to avoid endangering neutral shipping. Variag, badly damaged...
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four short scenarios: "The Battle of Port Arthur" "The Destruction of the Variag at Chemulpo" "The Battle of Round Island" "The Battle of Tsushima" Campaign...
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being built at Cramp's Shipyard for use in the Russo Japanese War, the Variag and Retvizan. The reason for the construction was that the sailors had no...
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the Philippines since 1899. Leo Alexandroff, a Russian sailor on the ship Variag, defected to the United States while in New York City. Though he was arrested...
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