Strelka
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Strelka, Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

 for "little arrow" may refer to one of the following:
  • Strelka (dog), one of the Russian space dogs
  • Strelka, a tip on a confluence
    Confluence
    Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems...

     or divergence of two rivers or distributaries, particularly:
    • a landmark in St. Petersburg, a tip of Vasilievsky Island
      Vasilievsky Island
      Vasilyevsky Island is an island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, bordered by the rivers Bolshaya Neva and Malaya Neva in the south and northeast, and by the Gulf of Finland in the west. Vasilyevsky Island is separated from Dekabristov Island by the Smolenka River...

    • a landmark in Nizhny Novgorod
      Nizhny Novgorod
      Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...

      , at the confluence of the Volga and Oka
    • a landmark in Yaroslavl
      Yaroslavl
      Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities...

      , at the confluence of the Volga and Kotorosl
  • Strelka, Krasnoyarsk Krai, an urban-type settlement in Krasnoyarsk Krai
    Krasnoyarsk Krai
    Krasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia . It is the second largest federal subject after the Sakha Republic, and Russia's largest krai, occupying an area of , which is 13% of the country's total territory. The administrative center of the krai is the city of Krasnoyarsk...

    , Russia
  • Strelka (chess engine), one of the strongest single processor chess engines
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