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[[Image:sokha.jpg|thumb|right|Illustration of the sokha.]]
[[File:Sokha - Kolomna local museum.jpg|thumb|Sokha. 19 - middle 20 century.]]

In [[Russia]], [[Finland]], and a few nearby countries, a '''sokha''' ({{langx|ru|соха}}; {{Langx|lt|žagrė}}) is a light wooden [[ard_(plough)|ard]], consisting of two body ards, with their parallel beams forming the two shafts for a single horse-drawn tillage implement with two socket shares (рассоха).<ref>H. J. Hopfen, ''Farm Implements for Arid and Tropical Regions'', 54.</ref> In later types the double body is combined into one wooden board. Chronicles and other literary sources show that the sokha was in use in [[Russia]] at least since the 13th century. It originated from northern [[Russia]], e.g., around [[Novgorod]].<ref>http://bibliotekar.ru/rusNovgorod/86.htm {{in lang|ru}}</ref><ref>http://www.kroka.ru/html/s/soha.html {{in lang|ru}}</ref>

The sokha adapts the body ard to a single-animal harness following the pattern of a shaft-drawn cart and adds a [[spade]]-like component that turned over the soil. (On [[plough]]s the curved [[mouldboard]] both cuts and turns the soil.) Other design features can vary depending on local building custom.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* [[George Vernadsky]]. ''A History of Russia''. (Yale University Press, 1969) ({{ISBN|0-300-00247-5}}).

==See also==
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* [[Timeline of Russian inventions and technology records]]

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[[Category:Animal equipment]]
[[Category:Gardening tools]]
[[Category:Science and technology in Russia]]
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[[Category:Ploughs]]

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