Troika
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Troika (from Russian: тройка, meaning "a set of three", or triumvirate, or three of a kind) may refer to:
Cultural tradition
- Troika (driving), a sled or carriage drawn by three horses harnessed side-by-side, iconic symbol of Russia
- Troika (dance), a Russian folk dance
Politics
- Troika (triumvirate) of judges or political leaders
- Troika (Greek debt crisis) of the International Monetary Fund, European Union and the European Central Bank
- NKVD troika, a commission of three for express judgment in the Soviet Union during the time of Joseph Stalin
- The tripartite committee led by the European Commission (Eurogroup) with the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, that organised loans to the governments of Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and Cyprus. See Eurozone crisis
- Troika (political ad), a controversial video ad by presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky during the 2012 Russian presidential election in which Zhirinovsky whips a donkey, claiming it to be a symbol of Russia
- Troika (Tunisia), a three-party alliance that governed Tunisia from 2011 to 2013
Music and art
- "Troika", the fourth movement of Suite from Lieutenant Kijé by Sergei Prokofiev
- "Troika", the eleventh movement of The Seasons by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- "Troika. Apprentices Fetch Water", a painting by Vasily Perov
- Troika (album), a 2011 contemporary classical album by Julia Kogan and The St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic
- Troika Pottery a pottery company St Ives and Newlyn, Cornwall (1963-1983)
- "Troika" (2010), Israeli-Russian short TV series by Leonid Prudovsky
- Troyka, a British jazz band featuring pianist Kit Downes.
Books
- The Troika, a 1997 Philip K. Dick Award–winning novel by American writer Stepan Chapman
- Troika, a Hugo-Award nominated 2011 novella by Alastair Reynolds
- Tale of the Troika, a 1968 satirical science fiction novel written by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky with illustrations by Yevgeniy Migunov
Other uses
- Troika card, electronic wallet card used on Moscow metro, buses, trolleybuses and trams; similar to Oyster card and MetroCard
- Troika Games, a now defunct computer game developer
- Troika (ride), a carnival/amusement park thrill ride
- Troika (chocolate), a brand of confection by Nidar AS (Norway)
- The Troika (Kuala Lumpur), a condominium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Troika Dialog, the former name of Sberbank CIB, a multinational investment banking and asset management firm
See also
- Trojka (disambiguation)