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"Sputnik" is a regular Russian word, which means "one who travels together with another" (s-put-nik s-=with, -put-=travel/road/journey, -nik=somebody). Victory
by oneshtein 3y ago
"Sputnik" is a regular Russian word, which means "one who travels together with another" (s-put-nik s-=with, -put-=travel/road/journey, -nik=somebody).
Victory is Latin word. Russian word for victory is "pobeda" (po-beda po-=after, -beda=bad/something very different from good, "after bad times").
It looks like 5 in the name is from Ad5 component of vaccine.
Moreover, the vaccine produced by Vector is called EpiVacCorona[0].
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EpiVacCorona https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EpiVacCorona