Tovarishch Explained

Tovarishch, tovarisch or tovarish (Russian: товарищ|link=no) is a Russian word meaning comrade, friend, colleague, or ally, and may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Tovaritch (1933 play), a 1933 play in French by Jacques Deval
  • Tovaritch (film), a 1935 French film based on the 1933 play
  • Tovarich (1935 play), a 1935 play in English by Robert E. Sherwood based on Deval's 1933 play
    • Tovarich (film), a 1937 American film based on the Sherwood play
    • Tovarich (musical), a 1963 musical based on the 1935 play
• Tovarich, a comic strip by Antonio Prohías
• Tovarishch (band), a Soviet Ukrainian band

Other uses

• Gorch Fock (1933), a German three-mast barque used by the USSR under the name Tovarishch
• Tovarishch (newspaper) (1906–1908), a daily paper published in St. Petersburg, Russia

See also

• Towarzysz, cavalry soldiers in the Polish army since the 16th century