Novik

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Novik can be:

• A historical Russian term meaning a teenager who comes from a noble, boyar, or cossack family. This term, normally used in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, may have come from the word "noviy", or "new" in Russian (Russian: Новый).
• The Novik, a 11-cannon corvette operated by the Imperial Russian Navy from 1856 to September 14, 1863.
• The Novik, a cruiser operated by the Imperial Russian Navy from 1899 to 1905. It was later known as the Suzuya.
• The Novik, a destroyer operated by the Imperial Russian Navy from 1913 to the Bolshevik Revolution. It was later known as the Yakov Sverdlov and operated by the Soviet Navy, but was sunk in 1941.
• Numerous other Soviet and Russian Navy ships.

Novik can also be a surname. See:

• Naomi Novik, American novelist
• Aleksandr Novik, Belarusian footballer
• Anton Novik, Belarusian judoist