Vostok

[ vos-tok, vo-stok; Russian vuh-stawk ]
/ ˈvɒs tɒk, vɒˈstɒk; Russian vʌˈstɔk /

noun

one of a series of Soviet spacecraft, carrying one cosmonaut, used to make the world's first manned spaceflights.

Origin of Vostok

First recorded in 1961, Vostok is from the Russian word Vostók literally, east

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British Dictionary definitions for vostok

Vostok
/ (ˈvɒstɒk) /

noun

any of six manned Soviet spacecraft made to orbit the earth. Vostok 1, launched in April 1961, carried Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space; Vostok 6 carried Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space