Etymology

Salyut

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Today it means: Any of the spacecraft involved in the Salyut programme, the first space station programme undertaken by the Soviet Union, from 1971 to 1986. Full definition →

Russian Салют
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromСалют
  2. English todaySalyut

From Russian Салют (Saljut), from салют (saljut, “salute; fireworks”). Doublet of salute.

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