The Varangians or Varyags (Old Norse: Væringjar, Greek: Βάραγγοι, Βαριάγοι, Várangi / Varyáyi, Ukrainian and Russian: Варяги, Varyahy / Varyagi ), sometimes referred to as Variagians, were Vikings, Norsemen, mostly Swedes, who went eastwards and southwards through what is now Russia, Belarus and Ukraine mainly in the 9th a… (More on Varangians)