Russian troika

Category

Library Item

Item no

26716

Title

Russian troika

Description

This image is taken from Ethel Moir Diary Vol. 2

Artist / maker

Moir, Ethel

Date

1916

Size

7.5 x 10.2 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

A troika is a traditional Russian harness driving combination, using three horses abreast, usually pulling a sleigh. It differs from most other three-horse combinations in that the horses are harnessed abreast. The middle horse is usually harnessed in a horse collar and shaft bow; the side horses are usually in breast collar harness. The troika is traditionally driven so that the middle horse trots and the side horses canter; the right-hand horse will be on the right lead and the left-hand horse on the left lead. The troika is often claimed to be the world's only harness combination with different gaits of the horses.

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