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Ediacara
Ediacara A
series of the Upper
Proterozoic (
Vendian), from about 590–570 Ma ago, underlain by the
Varangian sequences and characterized by the varied assemblages of soft-bodied metazoan
fossils (Ediacara Formation, Australia).
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Varangians to the east: not rain, not snow, not even sand could stop these traders.
Magazine article from: Dig; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Russia, where they became known as Varangians. From mines in Afghanistan and the...help establish new trade routes, the Varangians built towns in the lands through which...Another key trading center founded by the Varangians, no later than A.D. 753, was the...
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FOCUS ON PHILATELY; Ukraine-Estonia issue wins top prize
Newspaper article from: Ukrainian Weekly, The; 10/3/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...showing the medieval "Route From the Varangians to the Greeks" won the prestigious...Europe, however, are referred to as the Varangians). During a period of several hundred...The first describes the "Route of the Varangians to the Greeks" in both Ukrainian...
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FOCUS ON PHILATELY: The founding family of Kyivan Rus'
Newspaper article from: Ukrainian Weekly, The; 11/3/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...close by Pskov, was one of the three towns that invited Varangians to rule over them some time during the second half of the...extraction. See Omeljan Pritsak, "The Invitation to the Varangians." Harvard Ukrainian Studies 1 (1977) pp. 7-22. Regardless...
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First Links Shrouded In Legends, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
Newspaper article from: The St. Petersburg Times (Russia); 4/29/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...earliest existing written reference to the "Varyagi," or "Varangians" - the Russian name for a tribe of Nordic warriors from what...conquest, as many historians maintain, the arrival of the Varangians signaled the beginning of a period of strong Swedish influence...
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Seven Rhymes
Magazine article from: Parnassus : Poetry in Review; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...experts turn up only general links; but a simple answer was sitting on my shelf, in the two books I've just mentioned. The Varangians who caused incidental ructions in the story of Boris and Gleb were Scandinavian mercenaries hired by the martyrs' brother...
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Historical Notes: William, Harold - and Harald - and all that
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/10/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...the personal bodyguard of the Byzantine emperor. After distinguished military service he was promoted to commander of the Varangians. Returning to Russia in 1043, Harald married Yaroslav's daughter and two years later reappeared in Norway with a fabulous...
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MINERAL COLLECTING IN RUSSIA.
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the areas north and east of the Dnepr River--were using iron axes, scythes, and ploughs. In the ninth century, the Varangians (Normans) were forced to retreat in the face of Slavonic defenders of Novgorod, who were well armed with iron spears and...
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Historical Dictionary of Russia
Magazine article from: Canadian Slavonic Papers; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...the Vikings "Varangi," which neither captures the Russian properly (Variagi) nor the commonly rendered English term (Varangians). Maliuta Skuratov's name is rendered as Shuratov. There is an entry for Pomestie, but not for Pomeshchik, nor for...
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Zur Adaptation orientalischer Bilder in den Fornaldarsogur Nororlanda: Materialien zu einer neuen Dimension altnordischer Belletristik.
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies; 3/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...literature and oral transmission in western Europe. She seeks the sources of certain images in the Fornaldarsogur among the Varangians, and posits that returning Icelanders recounted what they had heard, and not least what they had seen, in Norway, Russia...
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The rise and fall of Norse America: Vikings, Vinland and alternate history.
Magazine article from: Extrapolation; 6/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...inlet), and vikingr were those who lived and lurked in bays or fjords. (1) In their day they were known by many names: Varangians, vikvejar, Norsemen, westfaldingi, wiccan, gall, lochlannach, dani, 'camp folk', ascomani ('ashmen'); but...
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Varangians
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Varangians , name given by Slavs and Byzantine...traditional foundation for Kievan Rus . The Varangians, some of whom were known also as Rus...Slavs, adopting Slavic culture. Other Varangians served as mercenary troops to the emperors...
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Yaroslav Vladimirovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...close ties with the townspeople and the Varangians of Scandinavia. He also minted coins...pay the annual tribute. He summoned Varangians to help him fend off the expected punitive...treachery, he marched south with the Varangians and the Novgorodians. In 1016 his forces...
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Oleg
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...or as the regent for Igor. In 882 he assembled an army of Varangians and East Slavs and traveled south from Novgorod, capturing...information, most accept it as true. His army, constituting Varangians and Slavs, failed to breach the city walls but forced the...
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Rurik
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...establish peace. They sent their petition overseas to the Varangians called the Rus. In 862 three brothers came with their kin...reliability of the chronicle information showing that the Varangians, or Normans, founded the first Russian state, but the so...
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Sweden
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World
...however, been influential. The Russian nation is said to have been established by Scandinavian traders and warriors (called Varangians), and Sweden may be responsible for introducing fruit soups, smoked meats, cream sauces, and herring to early Russians...
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