Vostok

[ vos-tok, vo-stok; Russian vuh-stawk ]

noun

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

Vostok

/ ˈvɒstɒk /

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Vostok¹

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

Example Sentences

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Viktoria Abramchenko was quoted as saying this month that construction on the Soyuz Vostok gas pipeline, the Mongolian portion of Power of Siberia-2, could start in the first half of next year.

From Reuters

Vostok station is a Russian weather station in Antarctica.

From NewsForKids.net

These follow a range of drills — from the massive-scale “Vostok 18” land drills in 2018, which were joined by Chinese army units, to regular joint warplane flights over waters separating South Korea and Japan.

From Washington Times

A separate statement from Russia's Vostok group of forces said Ukraine had failed to take the settlement.

From Reuters

A spokesman for Russia's Vostok group of forces said 13 Ukrainian tanks were destroyed in battles in the Zaporizhzhia region and eight in the Donetsk region.

From Reuters