Troika

Troika

A general meaning of the Russian word troika (Cyrillic alphabet: тройка) is "threesome", a collection of three of any kind (except the Holy Trinity). The following particular meanings entered into other languages:

* A three-horse drawn sled or carriage
* Troika (dance), a folk dance
* Troika (triumvirate) of judges or political leaders
** NKVD troika, a commission of three for express judgment in the Soviet Union during the time of Joseph Stalin

The term in other contexts

* "Troika", the fourth movement of Suite from "Lieutenant Kijé" by Sergei Prokofiev
* "Troika", the eleventh movement of "The Seasons" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
* Troika Games, a now defunct computer game developer
* "The Troika", a 1997 novel by Stepan Chapman
* Troika Pottery, a Cornish pottery studio
* Troika (ride), a carnival/amusement park thrill ride
* Troika (confection), a brand of confection by Nidar AS (Norway)


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  • troïka — [ trɔika ] n. f. • 1856; mot russe 1 ♦ Grand traîneau attelé à trois chevaux de front. 2 ♦ Groupe de trois dirigeants politiques, de trois entreprises, etc. (d abord en parlant du groupe formé par Staline, Zinoviev et Kamenev en 1922, en… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Troika — Troïka (homonymie) Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Troika — Sf Dreigespann erw. fach. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus russ. troika, zu russ. troe drei .    Ebenso nndl. troika, ne. troika, nfrz. troïka, nschw. trojka, nnorw. troika. russ …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • troika — Voz de origen ruso que se emplea, en el lenguaje político, con el sentido de ‘equipo dirigente o con labores de representación integrado por tres miembros’: «España formará parte, junto a Francia y Alemania, de la troika comunitaria» (Mundo… …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • troika — 1842, carriage drawn by three horses abreast, from Rus. troika three horse team, any group of three, from collective numeral troe three + dim. suffix ka. Sense of any group of three administrators, triumvirate is first recorded 1945 …   Etymology dictionary

  • Troika — (Troetschka), das russische Dreigespann s.u. Telega; vgl. Kibitke …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Troika — (russ.), Dreigespann, im engern Sinne leichtes Luxusgespann, bei dem das mittlere, unter einem hohen Bügel (Joch) gehende Pferd scharf trabt, während die beiden Seitenpferde galoppieren; s. Kibitka (Abbildung s. Tafel »Russische Kultur I«, Fig.… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Troika — (russ. trojka), Dreigespann, Wagen mit drei Pferden nebeneinander …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Troika — Troika, russ. Wagen mit 3 Pferden …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • troika — / trɔika/ (meno com. troica) s.f. [dal russo trojka, propr. terzina ]. (giorn.) [organo direttivo, spec. politico o economico, costituito da tre membri] ▶◀ ‖ triarchia, triunvirato …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • troika — |tróica| s. f. Ver troica.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra russa …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

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