Chesma
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Chesma (or Chesme, Cesme, from the Turkish Çeşme) refers to:
- Chesma (mythology) in Turk mythology, fountain-spirit or nymph
- Çeşme, a small town in Turkey.
- Chesma Bay, near Çeşme.
- The Battle of Chesma, in Chesma Bay in 1770.
- The four monuments built by Catherine the Great to commemorate the Russian victory in this battle:
- Church of Saint John at Chesme Palace (also called Chesma Palace Church) (??)
- Chesma Palace in St Petersburg (1774-77)
- Chesma Obelisk in Gatchina (1775)
- Chesma Column in Tsarskoe Selo (1778)
- Chesma Hall, a museum in Peterhof.[1]
- Chesma Gallery, a gallery within the Gatchina Palace also in St. Petersburg.
- USS Chesma, a Russian battleship.[2]