Subject | English | Russian |
geol. | Cousteau's troika | "тройка" подводные сани М.Кусто для фотосъёмки (sled) |
media. | Detroit Troika | «Большая тройка» (см. Big Three) |
obs. | driver of a troika | троечник (извозчик, ямщик, ездящий на тройке) |
Gruzovik, inf. | driver of a troika | троечник |
polit. | Euro-troika | Евротройка (Birch) |
polit. | European troika | евротройка (grafleonov) |
gen. | extraordinary troika | чрезвычайная тройка (wikipedia.org Alexander Demidov) |
gen. | leading troika | тройка лидеров (Alexander Demidov) |
soviet. | NKVD troika | тройка (a commission of three for express judgment in the Soviet Union during the time of Joseph Stalin. WK Alexander Demidov) |
gen. | NKVD troika | тройка НКВД (wikipedia.org Tanya Gesse) |
soviet. | special troika | особая тройка (wikipedia.org Alexander Demidov) |
soviet. | Special troika | тройка (NKVD troika or Special troika (Russian: особая тройка), in Soviet Union history, were institutional commissions of three persons who issued sentences to people after simplified, speedy investigations and without a full trial. These commissions were employed as an instrument of extrajudicial punishment introduced to supplement the Soviet legal system with a means for quick execution or imprisonment. It began as an institution of the Cheka, then later became prominent again in the NKVD, when it was used during the Great Purge to execute many hundreds of thousands of Soviet citizens. WK Alexander Demidov) |
gen. | take for a ride in a troika | покатать на тройке |
gen. | they took us for a ride in a troika | они нас на тройке катали |
audit. | Troika-Dialogue | тройка-диалог |