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A Shitik on the Lena River in the 1890s
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Class overview | |
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Name | Shitik Russian: Шитик |
Builders | Biryulka |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Riverboat |
Notes | a river flat-bottomed sail and rowing vessel |
Engraving of a Shitik in the north of Russia
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Shitik (Russian: Шитик) is a small, broad-bottomed vessel in which parts of the hull have been sewed with belts or juniper and fir-tree rods called vinya (Russian: Виня).