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Vostok refers to east in Russian but may also refer to:


Spaceflight

* Vostok programme, Soviet human spaceflight project * Vostok (spacecraft), a type of spacecraft built by the Soviet Union * Vostok (rocket family), family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM designed for the human spaceflight programme *
Vostok (crater) ''Opportunity'' is a robotic rover that was active on the planet Mars from 2004 to 2018. Launched on July 7, 2003, ''Opportunity'' landed on Mars' Meridiani Planum on January 25, 2004, at 05:05 Ground UTC (about 13:15 Mars local time), thre ...
, a crater explored by the Mars rover Opportunity * Vostok 1, the first human spaceflight


Places

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Vostok Island Vostok Island is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Line Islands belonging to Kiribati. Other names for the island include Anne Island, Bostock Island, Leavitts Island, Reaper Island, Wostock Island or Wostok I ...
, located in the south of Kiribati's Line Islands * Uschod (Minsk Metro) (Russian name ''Vostok''), a station of Minsk Metro, Minsk, Belarus *
Vostok Rupes Vostok Rupes is an escarpment on Mercury. The scarp is a surface manifestation of a thrust fault A thrust fault is a break in the Earth's crust, across which older rocks are pushed above younger rocks. Thrust geometry and nomenclature ...
, a mountain chain on planet Mercury


Antarctica

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Cape Vostok Cape Vostok () is a rocky headland which forms the west extremity of the Havre Mountains and the northwest extremity of Alexander Island in Antarctica. It was discovered by the First Russian Antarctic Expedition in 1821, led by Fabian Gottlieb von ...
, the west extremity of the Havre Mountains and the northwest extremity of Alexander Island * Vostok Station, Russian (originally Soviet) Antarctic research station * Lake Vostok, a subglacial lake located beneath Vostok Station *
Vostok Subglacial Highlands Vostok Subglacial Highlands () is a line of subglacial highlands trending NNW-SSE and forming an east extension of Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains. The feature was delineated by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-National Science Foundation ...
, an east extension of Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains


Russia

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Vostok (inhabited locality) Vostok (russian: Восток) is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Vostok, Primorsky Krai, an urban-type settlement in Krasnoarmeysky District, Primorsky Krai, Krasnoa ...
, several inhabited localities *
Vostok Bay Vostok Bay (russian: залив Восток, ) is a small () bay in Sea of Japan to the west of Trudny Peninsula. It is a part of Peter the Great Gulf. The bay is a shallow but its fauna is rich. ''Vostok Bay Sea Wildlife Preserve'' was founded ...
, bay in south Primorsky Krai


Organizations

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Vostok watches Vostok Watch Makers, Inc. (russian: Восток; literally meaning "East") is a Russian watchmaker based in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia. The company produces mainly rugged military and amfibia mechanical watches. It also makes clocks and watch ...
, a brand of watch made in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia *
Vostok motorcycles Vostok refers to east in Russian but may also refer to: Spaceflight * Vostok programme, Soviet human spaceflight project * Vostok (spacecraft), a type of spacecraft built by the Soviet Union * Vostok (rocket family), family of rockets derived from ...
, a motorcycle company, participant in
1965 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season The 1965 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 17th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of thirteen Grand Prix races in six classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on ...
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Vostok Gas Vostok Gas Ltd (named Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd prior to 24 May 2007) was an investment company mainly focused on oil and gas from the former Soviet Union. The company was founded in 1996 and had its headquarters in Bermuda. Almost all Vostok Gas ...
, a Bermuda-based oil and gas investment company * Vostok Games, a Ukrainian game developer * Special Battalion ''Vostok'', a Chechen military unit


Sport

* Vostok Arsenyev, a Russian bandy club * FC Vostok, a Kazakhstani football club


Fictional entities

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Valentina Vostok Valentina Vostok is a fictional character by DC Comics. She first appeared in '' Showcase'' #94 (August 1977), and was created by Paul Kupperberg and Joe Staton. In live-action, Valentina Vostok made her debut in the first season of the CW Arr ...
, a fictional comic book character appearing in books published by DC Comics * Vostok, a member of the fictional superhero team
Soviet Super-Soldiers The Soviet Super-Soldiers (russian: Советкие Суперсолдаты, Sovetskiye Supersoldaty) are a fictional team of super heroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team first appeared in ''The Incredi ...
, which appears in Marvel Comics * Vostok-X, a member of the fictional superhero team Aquaman and the Others, which appears in DC Comics


Other uses

* ''Vostok'' (sloop-of-war), an 1818 ship of Faddey Bellingshausen during the First Russian Antarctic Expedition *
Vostok traverse The Vostok traverse was a 3000 kilometre four-month trip across Antarctica undertaken by ANARE the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition in 1962. Using two bright red painted 1943 World War II M29 Weasel tracked vehicles and two 1950 D4 ...
, a 1962 Australian expedition across Antarctica * Russian military exercise, similar to Exercise Zapad **
Vostok 2010 Vostok 2010 (russian: Восток 2010, lit=East 2010) was a large-scale Russian military exercise held in Siberia and the country's Far East from June 29 to July 8, 2010.Radyuhin, Vladimir. "Large war game in Russia's far east." TheHindu.com. The ...
** Vostok 2018


See also

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Vostok Battalion (disambiguation) Vostok Battalion can refer to: *Special Battalions Vostok and Zapad, former Spetsnaz units of Russian military intelligence (GRU) based in Chechnya * Vostok Battalion, a Russian militant group operating in the Donbas The Donbas or Donbass ( ...
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