Kibitka

For the nomadic dwelling structure, see Yurt.

Kibitka of Teke people

A kibitka (Russian: кибитка, from the Arabic kubbat, 'dome') is a pastoralist yurt of late-19th-century Kyrgyz and Kazakh nomads.^[1] The word also refers to a Russian type of carriage^[2] or sleigh.

Aleksander Orłowski, "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 closed. In Russian literature and folklore, kibitka is a term used mainly for Gypsy wagons. During the Russian Empire, its use to deport disgraced noblemen led to the German-language term kibitkenjustiz ('kibitka justice').^[3]

See also

• Other horse-drawn vehicles of Russia:
  • Droshky — a four-wheeled open carriage where passengers straddle the seat
  • Tarantass — a long four-wheeled carriage with no springs or seats
  • Telega — a wagon
  • Troika — sleigh driven by three horses abreast
• Horses in Russia

Sources

1. "Toponymy of the Ancient Sary-Arka (North-Eastern Kazakhstan)".
2. Kibitka Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, vol. 10, Leipzig 1907, p. 880, in German.
3. Kibitka Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, vol. 10, Leipzig 1907, p. 880, in German - "Auf solchen Kibitken wurden früher mißliebige Standespersonen in die Länder am Ural gebracht, daher der Ausdruck Kibitkenjustiz."