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
Example sentences from the Web for vostok
In May, the Vostok (“East”) Battalion, another separatist militia, raided and temporarily seized the headquarters of the DPR.
And Chechen fighters from the self-styled Vostok battalion arrived in central Donetsk today for a rally.
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