Imperial Russian Needlework Panel

[Forum Admin]

We bought an Imperial era needlwork of a troika and riders, with this inscription underneath. Can anyone help translate it? We can't make it out.

[Mike]

"Rush forward faster than falcon".

This line from an old song relates to a troika of horses.

[Forum Admin]

THANKS MIKE!  Большое спасибо за вашу помощь!

Here is the whole piece:

[Mike]

A nice pre-1918 (judging by the third word's "old" form) piece of needlework. By the way, this "Coachman's Song" was almost certainly heard by N&A: it was often performed by their favorite Nadezhda Plevitskaya.