1、The carrier Varyag was purchased from Ukraine in 1998 and brought to Dalian in 2002.
2、Besides, Varyag is just a beautiful ship and a real flagman of the Fleet.
3、In Soviet hands it was the Varyag (a sister ship is the only operational carrier in Russia's navy).
4、He said the 300 metre (990-foot) former Soviet carrier, originally called the Varyag, was being overhauled.
5、In 2009, Varyag was hauled into a shipyard for renovation. 11 months later, new inverted rails were put on deck.
6、Our American friends all know that China bought an old aircraft carrier, the Varyag, from Ukraine. It's very valuable for us to research these things this way.
7、At a coastal city farther north, Dalian, the navy has been rebuilding an ex-Soviet aircraft carrier, the Varyag, which is expected to be operational this year.
8、The refurbished ship will be used as a model for China's first indigenously built aircraft carrier, which, unlike the Varyag, will be nuclear-powered.
9、The Varyag was originally built for the Soviet navy but construction was interrupted by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
10、In early1998 a Macau-based company, Chin Lot Tourist and Amusement Agency bought the Varyag for$20 million dollars, with the announced intent of turning it into a floating amusement park and gambling casino in Macau.
11、Its sister ship the Kuznetsov survived, but by the time the Soviet Union ceased to exist, the Varyag was a white elephant marooned off a port in the Black Sea.
12、*1998年从乌克兰购买的苏式航母瓦良格号（Varyag）正在进行修复，预期将作为演练之用。
