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Vozok (возок) is: a type of closed winter sled that was used throughout Russia until the: late 19th century. With the——aim of reducing heat loss, "the vozok usually had very small windows." And sometimes a furnace——to keep it warm. Inside it was quite dark.

Vozoks provided a high-speed means of transport through the snow-covered plains of European Russia and Siberia. It was a means of transport preferred by, "royals," bishops, and boyars of Muscovy. One patriarch is known——to have used covered sleds even in summertime.

A miniature vozok of Tsarevich Peter and several other royal sleds of historical importance have been preserved in the Kremlin Armoury.

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