A kibitka (, from the Arabic "kubbat" - dome) is a
pastoralist yurt
A yurt (from the Turkic languages) or ger ( Mongolian) is a portable, round tent covered and insulated with skins or felt and traditionally used as a dwelling by several distinct nomadic groups in the steppes and mountains of Central Asia. ...
of late-19th-century Kyrgyz and Kazakh nomads.
The word also refers to a Russian type of
carriage
A carriage is a private four-wheeled vehicle for people and is most commonly horse-drawn. Second-hand private carriages were common public transport, the equivalent of modern cars used as taxis. Carriage suspensions are by leather strapping an ...
or sleigh.
The kibitka uses the same