Word: varangian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...happiness. Sadko rushed home, cast aside his doting wife, proceeded to the quay where he wagered the merchants his head against their wealth that he could catch the golden fish. When he succeeded, found himself with heaps of glittering bullion, he asked three strangers what lands to seek. A Varangian sang of his bleak country, a Hindu sang of India (here in the opera comes the long-suffering "Song"), but a Venetian tempted him most...
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