Chesma

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:

1. Church of Saint John at Chesme Palace (also called Chesma Palace Church) (??)
2. Chesma Palace in St Petersburg (1774-77)
3. Chesma Obelisk in Gatchina (1775)
4. 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.
• Chesma, a name of several Imperial Russian Navy capital ships

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