Legacy
The Varyag crew's stoicism at Chemulpo was commemorated in the 1904 song that remains popular today:
Наверх вы, товарищи, все по местам!
Последний парад наступает.
Врагу не сдается наш гордый “Варяг”,
Пощады никто не желает.
(translation)
Get up you comrades, take your places,
The final parade is at hand.
Proud "Varyag" will not surrender to enemy,
No one wants their mercy.
On Sunday July 30, 2006 (Russian Navy Day), a monument to the cruiser was unveiled at Lendalfoot in a ceremony attended by senior Russian politicians and navy personnel, veterans and local dignitaries.
On 8 September 2007 a large bronze memorial was dedicated at Lendalfoot.
In 2010, as a gesture marking the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Russia, the flag of the Varyag was restored. The Japanese Navy recovered the flag when the ship was salvaged; and the Incheon Metropolitan Museum acquired them after Japan's defeat at the end of World War II. The return of the flag takes the form of a two-year renewable loan because of the Korean law protecting cultural assets.
Read more about this topic: Russian Cruiser Varyag (1899)
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)