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The Sokol Name

Sokol is (Czech: Hawk or Falcon )
And in Russian is (duck hawk, falcon, mortarboard, tercel, tiercel),

Polish (Sokól), Czech, Slovak, Belorussian, Croatian, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) means 'falcon', hence a metonymic occupational name for a falconer, or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a falcon in some way. As a Jewish name it is generally ornamental.


The Sokol City


This is the Blazon (coat-of-arms) of Vologda Oblast City of Sokol in Northwestern Russia

Sokol is a city and river port, centre of Sokol rayon (sector), Vologda oblast (province), Russia. The port lies along the Sukhona River.


To write sokol in Chinese " 索科尔 "

Use of the Sokol Name on different products


There is a Sokol Beer from Russia

Sokol is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line. The station opened on 11 September 1938.

AMERICAN SOKOL Organization


Sokol Blosser Winery


Sokol TV - All TV transmission in Russia is done under SECAM standard

Sokol Brothers Furnature


Logo from Russian Sokol Mig Fighter


Some sort of Polish Music thing??


Russian Rangefinder Camera Sokol Automat - Enlarge
Closeup of another Sokol Camera


Sokol Razor Blades


Sokol brand Motorcycle


Sokol Motorcycles


Sokol NewPaper

Sokol Hockey Team


Another Hockey team in Kiev, Ukraine



highspeed train (ES250-001, Sokol)
High-speed mainline railway between St.Petersburg and Moscow
Another site discussing the Sokol Train


Sokol bus


Genuine Soviet Sokol KV-2 spacesuit
These spacesuit were used by a Russian cosmonaut during the 1980s.


Sokol Liberec ( Czech Rep ) badge



Sokol Radio made in USSR


Sokol Magazine , See Full size


Notice from Sokol Hall in New Jersey


Notice from Sokol Hall in San Francisco See another


1939 Polish Air Force prototype fighter design , which was never produced in time before the invasion of Poland , the PZL-45 Sokol


Hotel Sokol in Bulgaria.


Symbol of the national gymnastic organizations of Slavic peoples, Sokol -- here an old version from Slovenia.

The Sokol movement
The Sokol is a very well known organization in what is now the Czech republic, Slovakia, and America. This is there logo.


Russian Hydrofoil, Sokol is the world's largest and most powerful operational hydrofoil "warship". Displacement 465 tons, maximum speed is 60 knots, built by Zelenodolsk shipyard in 1977.



Sokol Motorcycle club


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