Katusha or Katyusha is a diminutive of the Russian name
Ekaterina
Ekaterina is a Russian feminine given name, and an alternative transliteration of the Russian language, Russian ''Yekaterina''. Katya and Katyusha are common diminutive forms of Ekaterina. Notable people with the name can be found below.
Arts
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or Yekaterina, the Russian form of
Katherine
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and Catherina, other variations are feminine Given name, names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria ...
or Catherine.
Katusha or Katyusha may refer to:
Military use
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Katyusha rocket launcher
The Katyusha ( rus, Катю́ша, p=kɐˈtʲuʂə, a=Ru-Катюша.ogg) is a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Multiple rocket launchers such as these deliver explosives to a target area ...
, Soviet rocket launcher of World War II, named after the song
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Tupolev SB
The Tupolev ANT-40, also known by its service name Tupolev SB (russian: Скоростной бомбардировщик – ''Skorostnoi Bombardirovschik'' – high speed bomber) and development co-name TsAGI-40, was a high speed twin-engined ...
, a Soviet medium bomber of World War II
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Soviet K-class submarine
The K class were the largest submarines built for the Soviet Navy in the World War II era.
Design
The design was approved in 1936 as a long range "cruiser submarine" with a heavy torpedo and gun armament. The boats could operate as a "fleet ...
, nicknamed Katyusha
Other uses
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''Katyusha'' (moth), a synonym of the moth genus ''Lygephila'' in the family Erebidae
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"Katyusha" (song), a Russian wartime song about a girl longing for her beloved
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Team Katusha
A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal.
As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to infor ...
, a Swiss professional cycling team
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Katusha Demidova
Katusha Demidova is a Russian professional ballroom dancer and instructor, now residing in the USA. She is the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Professional World Ballroom Dance Champion, and also the International Profess ...
, a Russian ballroom dancer
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1900 Katyusha
1900 Katyusha ( ''prov. designation'': ) is a stony background asteroid from the inner asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 16 December 1971, by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysica ...
, an asteroid
*Katyusha, a character in the Japanese anime franchise
Girls und Panzer
, abbreviated as ''GuP'' or ''Garupan'' , is a Japanese anime franchise created by Actas which depicts a competition between girls' high schools practicing tank warfare as a sport. The series was directed by Tsutomu ...
, named after the song.
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