Vityaz
Vityaz or vitiaz (Russian: Витязь) refers to a valiant warrior, more commonly called a bogatyr, in Ancient Rus. The word may refer to one of the following:
- Russian corvette Vityaz (1862), a Russian steam corvette that completed two round-the-world journeys, renamed the Skobelev in 1882
- Russian cruiser Vityaz (1883), a Russian cruiser launched in 1883, and which ran aground in the Nevelsky Strait in 1893
- Vityaz (MVD), a Russian Spetsnaz (special forces) unit
- Vityaz, a nationalist youth organization in Transnistria
- Vityaz (brewery), a brewery in Simbirsk, Russia[1]
- FC Vityaz Podolsk, a football club in Podolsk, Russia
- Vityaz Ice Palace, an ice arena in Podolsk, Russia, home of
- Vityaz Chekhov, a professional ice hockey team in Podolsk, Russia
- Vityaz, a historical association in the Soviet Union, precursor of Pamyat, an ultra-nationalist organization in Russia
- Vityaz, the call sign of spacecraft Soyuz TM-14
- Russky Vityaz, an aircraft built by Igor Sikorsky in 1913
- Russkie Vityazi (Russian Knights), an aerobatics team of the Russian Air Force
In other contexts, Vityaz or Vitiaz may refer to:
- Vityaz' frostfish, the common name of Benthodesmus vityazi, a species of cutlassfish
- Vitiaz Strait, between Long Island and New Guinea, named for the Russian corvette
- Vitiaz languages, a group of Austronesian languages spoken in northern Papua New Guinea
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