Troika (driving)

It was used for travelling in stages, where teams of tired horses could be exchanged for fresh animals to transport loads over long distances.

[clarification needed] Decorated troikas were popular in major religious celebrations and weddings.

The irony of the iconic Russian troika being the bearer of a swindler has been discussed in Vasily Shukshin's short story Started Skidding ("Забуксовал").

[4] The 1934 Russian film Lieutenant Kijé portrays a wild ride on a troika, accompanied by music by Sergei Prokofiev.

Prokofiev later expanded his score into the Lieutenant Kijé orchestral suite; the "Troika" movement in particular has been reused in many popular works.

A troika pulled by horses from the Moscow stud, with the middle horse wearing a horse collar and shaft bow , and the side horses in breastcollar harness
Traveler in a Kibitka by Aleksander Orlowski , an 1819 lithograph .
Troika with wolves , an example of Palekh miniature .