Chaika or Chayka, the word for

gull Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the subfamily Larinae. They are most closely related to terns and skimmers, distantly related to auks, and even more distantly related to waders. Until the 21st century, most gulls were placed ...

in several Slavic languages, may refer to:

People

* Chaika (surname), a Slavic surname (including a list of people with the name) * Chaika or Chayka, the call sign for astronaut

Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, member of the State Duma, and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first Women in space, woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. S ...

Places

* Kiev Chaika Airfield, an airfield in Ukraine * Chayka, Golden Sands, an area within the

Golden Sands Golden Sands ( Bulgarian: Златни пясъци, ''Zlatni pyasatsi'' ) is a major seaside resort town on the northern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, adjacent to a national park of the same name in the municipality of Varna. Located 17 km ...

area, near the city of Varna, Bulgaria * Chayka, Varna, a neighborhood in the city of Varna * Chayka, Varna Province, a village in

Provadiya Municipality Provadia Municipality () is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Provadia. The municipality embraces a territory of with a population, as of December ...

, Varna Province, Bulgaria. * Chayka, Atyrau, a village in western Kazakhstan

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CHAYKA Chaika or Chayka, the word for gull in several Slavic languages, may refer to: People * Chaika (surname), a Slavic surname (including a list of people with the name) * Chaika or Chayka, the call sign for astronaut Valentina Tereshkova Places ...

, a radio navigation system *

Chaika (car) The GAZ Chaika (), which means gull, is a luxury automobile from the Soviet Union made by GAZ (''Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod'', translated as Gorky Automobile Plant (Russian: ''ГАЗ'' or ''Го́рьковский автомоби́льный � ...

, an automobile made in the former Soviet Union *

Chaika (boat) A chaika (,, , Hungarian language, Hungarian: csajka, , / , or ) was a wooden boat that could have a mast (sailing), mast and sail, a type of galley, used in early modern warfare and cargo transport by the: *Zaporozhian Cossacks in the 16th– ...

, a type of boat used by the Zaporozhian Cossacks *

Chaika (camera) Chaika () was a series of Soviet 35mm half-frame cameras produced by BELOMO from 1965 to 1974. The name came from call sign of the first woman in space - Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) is a ...

, a 35 mm camera made in the former Soviet Union *

Chaika watches Chaika (, meaning "gull") Chaika is a Russian watchmaking company founded in 1937 in the town of Uglich Uglich ( rus, У́глич, p=ˈuɡlʲɪtɕ) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River. Population: H ...

, a women's brand of watch made in the former Soviet Union *

Chaika L-4 The Chaika L-4 (чайка, ) is a twin engine amphibious aircraft, designed and built in Russia in the 2000s. It has sold in small numbers and remains in production. Design and development Several companies and groups have developed a series of ...

, a Russian amphibious aircraft * Polikarpov I-153 Chaika, a biplane fighter made by the former Soviet Union **

Polikarpov I-15 The Polikarpov I-15 () was a Soviet biplane fighter aircraft of the 1930s. Nicknamed ''Chaika'' (', "gull") because of its gulled upper wings,Gunston 1995, p. 299.Green and Swanborough 1979, p. 10. it was operated in large numbers by the Soviet ...

, predecessor of I-153 *

Beriev Be-12 The Beriev Be-12 ''Chayka'' (, NATO reporting name: Mail) is a Soviet turboprop-powered amphibious aircraft designed in the 1950s for anti-submarine and maritime patrol duties. Design and development The Beriev Be-12 was a successor to the B ...

, Soviet amphibious military aircraft

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1671 Chaika 1671 Chaika, provisional designation , is a background asteroid from the Astraea region in the central asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 3 October 1934, by Soviet astronomer Grigory Neujmin at the Simeiz Observator ...

, an asteroid * ''

The Seagull ''The Seagull'' () is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 in literature, 1895 and first produced in 1896 in literature#Drama, 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramati ...

'', a play by Anton Chekhov *

Chaika - The Coffin Princess is a Japanese light novel series written by Ichirō Sakaki and illustrated by Namaniku ATK. Twelve volumes of the series have been published by Fujimi Shobo under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. It has been adapted into three manga se ...

, a Japanese light novel and anime series * "Chaika", a 2016 song by Pussy Riot *

SC Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka SC Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka is a Ukrainian football club based in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, Bucha Raion, just outside Kyiv. The club plays in Ukrainian Second League since 2018. Chaika plays its home matches at the Kozak-Arena. The ...

, a Ukrainian football club

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