Varangians

Slavic and Greek designation of Vikings
Intangible ethnic_group Q48343
Varangians
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Varangians

Summary

Varangians is an ethnic group[1]. Varangians ranks in the top 3% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,067 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Old Norse was Varangians's native language[3].
  • Old East Slavic was Varangians's native language[4].
  • Varangians's religion is recorded as Norse mythology[5].
  • Varangians's religion is recorded as Slavic religion[6].
  • Varangians's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[7].
  • Varangians is a type of Scandinavians[8].
  • Varangians's Commons category is recorded as Varangians[9].
  • Varangians's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Varangians[10].
  • Varangians's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • Varangians's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Varangians's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Varangians's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon[14].
  • Varangians's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • Varangians's described by source is recorded as Hustyn Chronicle[16].
  • Varangians's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Ukraine[17].

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Definition and Type

Varangians's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[7]. Varangians is a type of Scandinavians[8].

Why It Matters

Varangians ranks in the top 3% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,067 views/month).[2] Varangians has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Varangians is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM495209
    Religion or worldview → Norse mythology, Slavic religion
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14249]]: SM495209, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789071553872"
  2. 8w ago · Naut-rena · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native language → Old Norse, Old East Slavic
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P103]]: [[Q35505]]"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0454156-Varjagove
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0454156-Varjagove, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → Scandinavians
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15847, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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