Russian troika & yamshchik
Troika races have always been extremely popular in Russia, especially in winter. Here is how a contemporary describes troika races on the ice of the Moscow River in the 1880s: The ice course was surrounded by a wooden fence, and a huge grand stand was built. The stand, the embankment and two bridges were always crowded. Russians love the troika, its broad, daring, audacious soul. There is something hazardous and intoxicating in the troika, it is really like flying. What a deafening shriek escaped from a hundred thousand mouths when a winning
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