Kibitka

A kibitka (Russian: Кибитка) is a pastoralist yurt of late 19th century Kyrgyz and Kazakh nomads.[1] The word also refers to a Russian type of carriage.

For the nomadic dwelling structure, see Yurt.
Kibitka of Teke people
Aleksander Orlowski, "Traveler in a kibitka"
19th-century prison van known in Polish as kibitka

The kibitka uses the same equipage as the troika but, unlike the troika, is larger and usually is closed. In Russian literature and folklore, kibitka is a term is used mainly for Gypsy wagons.

During the Russian Empire, its use to deport disgraced noblemen led to the term kibitkenjustiz ("kibitka justice").

See also

Sources
  1. "Toponymy of the Ancient Sary-Arka (North-Eastern Kazakhstan)".
  • Kibitka. Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon. 6. Ed. Vol. 19, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1902–1909 (in German)
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