Katyusha Explained

Katyusha is a diminutive of the Russian name Ekaterina or Yekaterina, the Russian form of Katherine or Catherine.

Katyusha or Katusha may refer to:

Military use

• Katyusha rocket launcher, Soviet rocket launcher of World War II, named after the song
• Tupolev SB, a Soviet medium bomber of World War II
• Soviet K-class submarine, nicknamed Katyusha

Other uses

• Katyusha (moth), a synonym of the moth genus Lygephila in the family Erebidae
• "Katyusha" (song), a Russian wartime song about a girl longing for her beloved
• Team Katusha, a Swiss professional cycling team
• Katusha Demidova, a Russian ballroom dancer
• 1900 Katyusha, an asteroid
• Katyusha, a character in the Japanese anime franchise Girls und Panzer, named after the song.

See also

• • Katyusha's Song