A droshky or drosky (russian: дрожки (plural); pl, dorożka (singular); et, troska (singular) ) is a term used for several types of
carriage, including:
* A low, four-wheeled open carriage used especially in Russia. It consists of a long bench on which the passengers ride sideways or astride, as on a saddle, with their feet on bars near the ground.
* Various two-wheeled or four-wheeled public carriages used in
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
and other countries.
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From ''droga'', the pole that connects the front and rear axles. Likely related to OE ''dragan'', "to drag."
File:Dorozka_Aleksander_Orłowski_1.png, Early 19th Century depiction by Aleksander Orłowski
Aleksander Orłowski (9 March 1777 – 13 March 1832) was a Polish painter and sketch artist, and a pioneer of lithography in the Russian Empire.
Life
Orłowski was born in 1777 in Warsaw into an impoverished noble family, his father was a ...
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Image:Orlov Trotter Krasa in racing droshky by Sverchkov.jpg, Racing droshky.
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File:HansomCab.jpg, A Hansom cab
The hansom cab is a kind of horse-drawn carriage designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom, an architect from York. The vehicle was developed and tested by Hansom in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England. Originally called the Hansom safety ca ...
See also
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Carriage#Types of horse-drawn carriages
References
Carriages
Russian inventions
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