Troika
Appearance
Troika or troyka (from Russian тройка, meaning 'a set of three') may refer to:
Cultural tradition
- Troika (driving), a traditional Russian harness driving combination, a cultural icon of Russia
- Troika (dance), a Russian folk dance
Politics
- Triumvirate, a political regime ruled or dominated by three powerful individuals, usually troika in the context of the Soviet Union and Russia
- Troika (Soviet leadership), one of the temporary triumvirates in the Soviet Union
- European troika, the decision group formed by the European Commission (EC), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- OSCE troika, the leadership of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: the chairman-in-office and the previous and incoming chairmen-in-office
- NKVD troika, a commission of three for express judgment in the Soviet Union during the time of Joseph Stalin
- Troika (Tunisia), a three-party alliance that governed Tunisia from 2011 to 2014
- "The troika" during the U.S. presidency of Ronald Reagan: James Baker, Ed Meese, and Michael Deaver
- Troika of tyranny, a term coined by John R. Bolton for three Central and South American nations (Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela)
Arts and entertainment
Literature
- The Troika, a 1997 novel by Stepan Chapman
- Troika, a 1979 novel by David Gurr
- Troika, a 2011 novella by Alastair Reynolds
- Troika, the fourth novel of the Indigo Saga by Louise Cooper
- Tale of the Troika, a novel and sequel to Monday Begins on Saturday by Russian authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.
Music
- "Troika", the first movement of The Blizzard suite by Georgy Sviridov (1974, movie version — 1964)
- Troika (album), by Julia Kogan, 2011
- "Troika", the fourth movement of Suite from Lieutenant Kijé by Prokofiev
- "Troika", the eleventh movement of The Seasons by Tchaikovsky
Other uses in arts and entertainment
- Troika, a painting by Vasily Perov
- Troika (series), a 2010 Israeli-Russian short TV series by Leonid Prudovsky
- Troyka, a British jazz band featuring pianist Kit Downes
Businesses
- Troika Games, a video games developer 1998–2005
- Troika Pottery, a Cornish pottery company 1963–83
- Troika Dialog, the former name of Sberbank CIB, a multinational investment banking and asset management firm
Other uses
- Troika card, a contactless reusable card designed to pay for public transport in Moscow, Russia
- Troika (chocolate), a confection by Nidar AS, Norway
- Troika (ride), an amusement park ride
- The Troika (Kuala Lumpur), a condominium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Troika (crater), on Mars
- VAZ 2103, a Soviet sedan car nicknamed Troika
- Troika!, a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game by Daniel Sell[1].
See also
- Trojka (disambiguation)
- Three of a kind (disambiguation)
- Threesome (disambiguation)
- Troyca, a Japanese animation studio
- Tale of the Troika, a 1968 satirical science fiction novel by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky
- ^ TROIKA! Science Fantasy RPG https://www.troikarpg.com/. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
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