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: The Cyrillic alphabet (pronounced , also called azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used for several East and South Slavic languages—Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainian—and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... This article discusses the number three. ...

Troika - a three-horse drawn sled

• 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: Image File history File links Orlowski_podrozny. ... Image File history File links Orlowski_podrozny. ... Scene from winter nearly anywhere snow may fall on a handy hill—Children at play sledding. ... Scene from winter nearly anywhere snow may fall on a handy hill—Children at play sledding. ... Troika is a Russian folk dance, where a man dances with two women. ... Troika (Russian: тройка, meaning threesome) is a committee consisting of three members. ... What does it mean? The Russian word troika (threesome, triumvirate) denoted commissions of three persons as an additional instrument of extrajudicial punishment (внесудебная расправа, внесудебное преследование) introduced to supplement the legal system with a means for quick punishment of anti-Soviet elements. ... “Stalin” redirects here. ...

• Troika Games, a computer game developer

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