Chesma (or Chesme, Cesme, from the Turkish Çeşme or Cheshme) may refer to: *

Cheshmeh, West Azerbaijan Cheshmeh (, also Romanized as Chashmeh; also known as Cheshma) is a village in Valdian Rural District, Ivughli District, Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as P ...

(also known as Cheshma), a village in

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Chesma (mythology) In Turkic mythology, Chesma İyasi (Turkish: ''Çeşme İyesi'' or ''Bulak İyesi'' or ''Pınar İyesi'') was a cat-shaped spirit who lurked in wells or fountains and tempted youths to their deaths. As a female spirit that resides in water, she c ...

, a fountain-spirit or nymph in Turkish mythology *

Çeşme Çeşme, officially the Çeşme Municipality, is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 285 km2, and its population is 48,924 (2022). It sits at Turkey's westernmost end, on a promontory on t ...

, a small town in

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

Çeşme Bay Çeşme, officially the Çeşme Municipality, is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 285 km2, and its population is 48,924 (2022). It sits at Turkey's westernmost end, on a promontory on the tip of the peninsu ...

, near Çeşme *

Battle of Chesma The naval Battle of Cheshme (also the Battle of Chesma, Chesme or Cesme Bay) took place on 5–7 July 1770 during the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) near and in Çeşme (Cheshme, Chesma, or Chesme) Bay, in the area between the western tip of An ...

, fought in Çeşme Bay in 1770 * Four monuments built by

Catherine the Great Catherine II. (born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 172917 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter I ...

to commemorate this battle: **

Chesme Church The Chesme Church (; full name ''Church of Saint John the Baptist at Chesme Palace'', also called the ''Church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist'', ), is a small Russian Orthodox church at 12 Lensoveta Street, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It ...

** Chesme Column, in

Tsarskoye Selo Tsarskoye Selo (, , ) was the town containing a former residence of the Russian House of Romanov, imperial family and visiting nobility, located south from the center of Saint Petersburg. The residence now forms part of the Pushkin, Saint Peter ...

(1778) ** Chesma Obelisk, in

Gatchina Gatchina (, ) is a town and the administrative center of Gatchinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies south-south-west of St. Petersburg, along the E95 highway which links Saint Petersburg and Pskov. Population: It was pr ...

(1775) ** Chesma Palace, in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

(1774–1777) * ''Chesma'' (ship), name of several ships of the

Imperial Russian Navy The Imperial Russian Navy () operated as the navy of the Russian Tsardom and later the Russian Empire from 1696 to 1917. Formally established in 1696, it lasted until being dissolved in the wake of the February Revolution and the declaration of ...

Chesma (rural locality) Chesma (; , ''Chesma'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Chesmensky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the li ...

, a rural locality (a ''selo'') in

Chesmensky District Chesmensky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.Resolution #161 It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center ...

Chelyabinsk Oblast Chelyabinsk Oblast; , is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Chel ...

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