troikas
Sleds needing three
Troikas is the plural of troika, a Russian word for a group of three.
Originally it meant a sleigh or carriage drawn by three horses abreast.
Now it typically refers to any ruling or administrative group of three people: The country was governed by a troika of generals.
In European politics, "the troika" often means the European Commission, European Central Bank, and International Monetary Fund acting together.
Eurasian federation, largest country
- MoscowRussia's capital city
- KremlinMoscow's fortified government seat
- SiberiaRussia's eastern expanse
- TsarRussian imperial title
Soviet · Cossack · Romanov · Cyrillic · Slavic · Borscht · Taiga · Ural
Straps controlling an animal
- horsesLarge domesticated hoofed mammals
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- winterYear's coldest quarter
- bellsStruck metal sound-makers
runners · glide · frost · reins · coachman · dash · jingling · birch
Temporary alliance for action
- allianceFormal union of parties
- oligarchyRule by few
- juntaPost-coup ruling clique
- regimeSystem of governance
cabal · faction · bloc · directorate · council · power-sharing · leadership · ruling
Group of three together
- trinityUnified set of three
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- triptychArt in three panels
- trilateralHaving three sides
threefold · tercet · treble · triple · grouping · arrangement · configuration · formation
Russia
Eurasian federation, largest country
Tsar · Soviet · Cossack · Romanov · Cyrillic · Slavic · Borscht · Taiga · Ural
harness
Straps controlling an animal
- horsesLarge domesticated hoofed mammals
- snowFrozen crystalline precipitation
- winterYear's coldest quarter
bells · runners · glide · frost · reins · coachman · dash · jingling · birch · frozen
coalition
Temporary alliance for action
regime · cabal · faction · bloc · directorate · council · power-sharing · leadership · ruling · syndicate
threesome
Group of three together
trilateral · threefold · tercet · treble · triple · grouping · arrangement · configuration · formation · combination
- RussiaRussia, Moscow, Kremlin, Red Square, Siberia
- Russia literatureDostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Pushkin, Turgenev
- Russian countrysidebirch trees, birch tree, birch forest, birch forests, dacha
- Russian HistorySoviet Union, tsars, Tsarist Russia, Romanov, czars
- Russian LiteratureTolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Pushkin, Nabokov
- folk songstraditional songs, folk ballads, work songs, lullaby, love songs
troikasone-man rule
Absolute individual governance
dictatorships · autocracies · autocrat · dictator · monarchies