troikas

Because the theme of corruption is so encompassing, the plot so labyrinthine, Ellroy uses troikas of lead characters and persistently doubling of others to avoid slow-building development.

Engrossing obsessions 2009

If a sleigh ride is more your pace, three-horse troikas, as well as two - or single-horse wagons, are available.

Escape From Moscow: Joyce Man 2008

The quick trot makes the horses well suited to troikas.

Escape From Moscow: Joyce Man 2008

Tolstoy was traveling when, on a July night, three troikas drove up the alley to his house.

FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

Tolstoy was traveling when, on a July night, three troikas drove up the alley to his house.

FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

Tolstoy was traveling when, on a July night, three troikas drove up the alley to his house.

FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

Tolstoy was traveling when, on a July night, three troikas drove up the alley to his house.

FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

Tolstoy was traveling when, on a July night, three troikas drove up the alley to his house.

FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

The experience he had gained in the course of his years of travelling from one end of Russia to another was of great advantage to him; he knew how to please his visitors, especially his former mates, the drivers of troikas, many of whom he knew personally and whose good-will is particularly valued by innkeepers, as they need so much food for themselves and their powerful beasts.

The Inn 2006

On the high road to B., at an equal distance from the two towns through which it runs, there stood not long ago a roomy inn, very well known to the drivers of troikas, peasants with trains of waggons, merchants, clerks, pedlars and the numerous travellers of all sorts who journey upon our roads at all times of the year.

The Inn 2006