Iskra
Iskra (in Cyrillic script: Искра or Іскра) is the word for spark in almost all Slavic languages (including Polish, Russian and Bulgarian) . It denotes
Geography:
Bulgaria:
- Iskra (Burgas) , a place in the Burgas Oblast
Russia:
- Iskra (Bashkortostan) , village in the Republic of Bashkortostan
- Iskra (Khabarovsk) , village in the Khabarovsk region
- Iskra (Irkutsk) , village in Irkutsk Oblast
- Iskra (Kaliningrad) , settlement in the Kaliningrad Oblast (until 1928: Kindschen (Gut), 1928 to 1946 Groß Kindschen , Ragnit / Tilsit-Ragnit district, East Prussia)
- Iskra (Leningrad) , residential area in Leningrad Oblast
- Iskra (Primorye) , village in the Primorye region
- Iskra (Pskov) , village in Pskov Oblast
- Iskra (Smolensk) , village in Smolensk Oblast
- Iskra (Stavropol) , settlement in the Stavropol Territory
- Iskra (Vladimir) , settlement in Vladimir Oblast
- Iskra (Vologda) , village in Vologda Oblast
Ukraine:
- Iskra (Krasnohwardijske) , village in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , Krasnohwardijske Raion
- Iskra (Isjum) , village in Kharkiv Oblast , Isjum Raion
- Iskra (Welyka Nowosilka) , village in Donetsk Oblast , Welyka Nowosilka Raion
- former name of a village in the Rivne Oblast , Rivne Raion , see Nowoschukiw
Sailing ships, planes and satellites:
- Iskra (ship, 1917) , a three-masted schooner, from 1928–1940 and 1948–1977 sailing training ship of the Polish Navy
- Iskra (ship, 1982) , a barquentine, from 1982 sailing training ship of the Polish Navy
- PZL TS-11 Iskra or PZL TS-11 , a Polish trainer aircraft produced until 1987
- Iskra (satellite) , a series of Soviet amateur radio satellites
Companies:
- Iskra (electrical engineering) , former Yugoslav and Slovenian electrical engineering group
- Iskra (mechanical engineering) , Russian mechanical engineering company in Kumertau
- Iskra (welding machines) , Russian company in Pervouralsk that makes welding machines
- Iskra (detonators) , Russian company in Novosibirsk that manufactures detonators
Further:
- Iskra (German band) , a band from Hamburg
- Iskra (Canadian band) , a Canadian band
- Iskra (political group) , communist group from Frankfurt (Oder)
- Iskra (newspaper) , a Russian newspaper from 1900 to 1903
- Iskra (Serbian-language newspaper) , a fascist Serbian newspaper founded in 1949
- Iskra (photo camera) , a camera made by KMZ, sold under the brand name Zenit
- Operation Iskra , a Russian military company during World War II
- Iskra (sparkling wine) , a Bulgarian sparkling wine
