Troika
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A general meaning of the Russian word troika (Cyrillic alphabet: тройка) is threesome, a collection of three of any kind. The following particular meanings entered into other languages:
- A three-horse drawn sled
- 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 word has also been used for naming of:
- Troika Games, a computer game company
- Troika (pottery), an art pottery in Cornwall from 1963 to 1983
- Troika (band), a new age band
- Troika (film), a film by C.F. Hobbs
- Troika (confection), a Norwegian chocolate
- Troika (ride), a type of amusement park ride
- The Troika, a 1997 Philip K. Dick Memorial Award-winning science fiction novel by Stepan Chapman
- Troika (system), a wealth management system used to administer and account for trusts, companies and other entities.
- troika, a word used in describing a certain form of three-member marriage, or polygamy. Used in Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966)
- Troika (music), the eleventh part of the set The Seasons by the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Troika is a computer company that create Amy'05 PowerPC motherboard based on Tundra TSI-107 northbridge chipset and AMD CS5536 southbridge chipset.
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