Vityaz
Encyclopedia
Vityaz is a Russian term for a valiant warrior or knight. Usually given to a man who owns a horse and proves himself in battle. The word is derived from the Old German
Witing.
The word may also refer to one of the following:
Old German
Old German usually refers to Old High German, but it could also refer to:*Old Low German *Altdeutsche Tracht , a dress style popular among early 19th century German radicals...
Witing.
The word may also refer to one of the following:
Military
, a Bogatyr class screw corvette, a Russian cruiser- Vityaz (MVD)Vityaz (MVD)Vityaz was a Russian Spetsnaz unit of the MVD, a unit in the Independent Operative Purpose Division of the Internal Troops.Vityaz was assigned specifically to counter-terrorism duties. Vityaz unit regularly conducts counter-terrorism patrols in Chechnya and along the Caucasus border...
, a Russian Spetsnaz (special forces) unit - Vityaz (ATV)Vityaz (ATV)By the early 1960s, USSR increased need for a more advanced ATV was becoming obvious as the single-unit tracked snow and swamp-going vehicles in operation at that time could not carry payloads in excess of 5 tonnes...
, a Russian all-terrain vehicle - Vityaz (SAM), a Russian Surface-to-Air missile system in development
Sport
- FC Vityaz PodolskFC Vityaz PodolskFC Vityaz Podolsk is a Russian football club based in Podolsk that played in the Russian First Division in 2009.The club was founded in 1996 as a non-professional team. The current team was formed in 2000 and in 2001 it turned professional. The uniforms are all black for home and away games...
, a football club in Podolsk, Russia - Vityaz Ice PalaceVityaz Ice PalaceVityaz Ice Palace is an indoor sporting arena located in Podolsk, Russia. The capacity of the arena is 5,500 and was built in 2000. The home games of Russkie Vityazi, the junior team of Vityaz Chekhov, are played in the arena. Until 2006 it was the home arena of the HC MVD ice hockey team....
, an ice arena in Podolsk, Russia - Vityaz ChekhovVityaz ChekhovHockey Club Vityaz is a professional ice hockey team based in Chekhov, Moscow, Russia. They are members of the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League and are currently coached by former National Hockey League enforcer Andrei Nazarov...
, a professional ice hockey team in Chekhov, Moscow Oblast, formerly in Podolsk, Russia
Organisations
- Vityaz, a nationalist youth organization in TransnistriaTransnistriaTransnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...
- Vityaz, a historical association in the Soviet Union, precursor of PamyatPamyatPamyat is a Russian nationalist organization identifying itself as the "People's National-patriotic Orthodox Christian movement." The group's stated focus is preserving Russian culture.- History :...
Other
- Machine engineering company 'Vityaz' - a tracked amphibious vehicle manufacturer
- Vityaz, the call sign of spacecraft Soyuz TM-14Soyuz TM-14-Mission highlights:14th expedition to Mir. Included astronaut from Germany.The First Russian Soyuz mission after the collapse of the Soviet Union....
- Vityaz' frostfish, the common name of Benthodesmus vityazi, a species of cutlassfishCutlassfishThe cutlassfishes are about 40 species of predatory fish in the family Trichiuridae found in seas throughout the world. Fish of this family are long, slender, and generally steely blue or silver in colour, giving rise to their name...
- Vitiaz StraitVitiaz StraitVitiaz Strait is a strait between New Britain and the Huon Peninsula, northern New Guinea .The Vitiaz Strait was so named by Nicholai Nicholaievich Mikluho-Maklai to commemorate the Russian corvette Vitiaz in which he sailed from October 1870 by way of South America and the Pacific Islands reaching...
, between Long Island and New Guinea - Vitiaz languages, a group of Austronesian languages
- Russky Vityaz, an aircraft built by Igor Sikorsky in 1913