izvozchiks

Updated: May 3, 2025

The cars buzzed along, the hoofs of the horses beat upon the pavements, the rocking automobiles honked in the distance, peasant izvozchiks had come especially from the outskirts of the city for the Shrovetide season and the tinkling of the bells upon the necks of their little horses filled the air. The prattle of voices an intoxicated, merry Shrovetide prattle of voices arose everywhere.

Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev - The Seven Who Were Hanged