A kibitka (from the Arabic, '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.
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 ('kibitka justice').[3]