Vityaz

Vityaz (Russian: Витязь) 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.^[1]

The word may also refer to one of the following:

Military

• Russian corvette Vityaz (1862), a Bogatyr class screw corvette
• Russian cruiser Vityaz (1883), a Russian cruiser
• Vityaz (MVD), a Russian Spetsnaz (special forces) unit
• Vityaz (ATV), a Russian all-terrain vehicle
• Vityaz (SAM), a Russian Surface-to-Air missile system in development

Sport

• FC Vityaz Podolsk, a football club in Podolsk, Russia
• Vityaz Ice Palace, an ice arena in Podolsk, Russia
• Vityaz Chekhov, a professional ice hockey team in Chekhov, Moscow Oblast, formerly in Podolsk, Russia

Organisations

• Vityaz, a nationalist youth organization in Transnistria
• Vityaz, a historical association in the Soviet Union, precursor of Pamyat

Other

• Machine engineering company 'Vityaz' - a tracked amphibious vehicle manufacturer
• Vityaz, the call sign of spacecraft Soyuz TM-14
• Vityaz' frostfish, the common name of Benthodesmus vityazi, a species of cutlassfish
• Vitiaz Strait, between Long Island and New Guinea
• Vitiaz languages, a group of Austronesian languages
• Russky Vityaz, an aircraft built by Igor Sikorsky in 1913

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