11 examples of troika in sentences

Gerôme then piloted the troika safely to our destination, leaving Jehu prone in the mud.

I exclaim, "there is none of the charm about it as there is in traveling by post, in troika, tarantass, with the surprises of the road, the originality of the inns, the confusion when you change horses, the glass of vodka of the yemtchiksand occasionally the meeting with those honest brigands whose race is nearly extinct.

Sudden, through the stillness Rings a merry cry And his jingling troika Drives a reveller by!

In the stable many horses were stalledclean-limbed canterers, smart trotters for the centre of the troika, fiery gallopers with platted manes for the side places, riding horses from the Don.

Yesterday we had our first Russian experience in the shape of a troika ride.

Russians, as a rule, do not troika except at night.

A troika is a superb affair.

Our troika was like a chariot in comparison with these sledges.

" As we came back, the full delight of troika-riding came over us, for driving in the country we could not tell how fast we were going.

But in town, whizzing past other carriages, hearing the shouts of the idvosjik, "Troika!" and seeing the people scatter and the sledges turn out (for a troika has the right of way), we realized at what a pace we were going.

But in town, whizzing past other carriages, hearing the shouts of the idvosjik, "Troika!" and seeing the people scatter and the sledges turn out (for a troika has the right of way), we realized at what a pace we were going.

11 examples of  troika  in sentences