Telega
For other uses, see Telega (disambiguation).
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Wounded Russian soldiers in a telega (World War I)
Telega (Russian: теле́га; IPA: [tʲɪˈlʲɛgə]) is a type of four-wheel horse-drawn vehicle, whose primary purpose is to carry loads, similar to wain, known in Russia and other countries. .[1] It has been defined as "a special type commonly used in the southern and south-western provinces for the carriage of grain, hay and other agricultural products " [2]
It is described and spelled telga in Jules Verne's novel Michael Strogoff.
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- ↑ "Telega", an article in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1936-1985)
- ↑ "Telega carriage", an article from the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (1890-1906)