Telega
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Telega (Russian: Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a type of four-wheel horse-drawn vehicle, whose primary purpose is to carry loads, similar to a wain, known in Russia and other countries.[1][2]Template:R/superscript[3]Template:R/superscript It has been defined as "a special type commonly used in the southern and south-western provinces for the carriage of grain, hay and other agricultural products".[4]
It is described and spelled telga in Jules Verne's novel Michael Strogoff. It is spelled telyega in Leo Tolstoy's story "The Two Old Men" in Tolstoy: Tales of Courage and Conflict.[5]
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- ^ Телега in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) – via Great Scientific Library
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Smith, D.J.M. (1988). A Dictionary of Horse Drawn Vehicles. J. A. Allen & Co. Ltd. p. 160. ISBN 0851314686. OL 11597864M.
Telega. Russian passenger or stage coach. Crudely made and frequently unsprung or dead axle. A larger version of the Tarantass.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Berkebile, Donald H. (1978). Carriage Terminology: An Historical Dictionary. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. pp. 270, 273. ISBN 9781935623434. OL 4534466M.
TELEGA — A crude, springless, Russian passenger vehicle.
- ^ "Telega carriage", an article from the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (1890-1906)
- ^ Charles Neider, ed., Nathan Haskell Dole, translator. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc. (1985), p. 351.
