Horse-drawn transport of Russia in pictures (15 photos)
How did they transport cargo in the Russian Empire? Of course, in Rus' the main transport in warm weather is river boats, in winter - sleighs, but carts at that time were also quite technologically advanced devices.
An ordinary Great Russian cart: dead weight 15 pounds, carrying capacity 30 pounds.
Horse-drawn transport cart: dead weight 17 pounds, carrying capacity 50 pounds.
Yamskaya tarantass: dead weight 35 pounds, carrying capacity 50 pounds.
German van: dead weight 22 pounds, load capacity 100 pounds.
Polish road cart: dead weight 25 poods, carrying capacity 45 poods.
Jewish cab driver's omnibus: dead weight 40-70 poods, carrying capacity up to 350 poods.
Cargo chaise: dead weight up to 45 pounds, carrying capacity 200 pounds.
Polish rural cart: dead weight 23 pounds, carrying capacity 50 pounds.
One-horse Polish rural cart: dead weight 17 pounds, carrying capacity 25 pounds.
Little Russian Chumatsky cart: dead weight 10-15 pounds, carrying capacity up to 50 pounds.
Little Russian steam-horse cart: dead weight 15 pounds, carrying capacity 45 pounds.
Mazhara: dead weight 30 poods, carrying capacity 70 poods.
