Vozok (возок) is a type of closed winter

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that was used throughout

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until the late 19th century. With the aim of reducing heat loss, the vozok usually had very small windows and sometimes a furnace to keep it warm. Inside it was quite dark. Vozoks provided a high-speed means of transport through the snow-covered plains of European Russia and

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. It was a means of transport preferred by royals, bishops, and

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s of Muscovy. One patriarch is known to have used covered sleds even in summertime. A miniature vozok of Tsarevich

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and several other royal sleds of historical importance have been preserved in the Kremlin Armoury.

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