Sokha

A sokha (Russian: соха) is a light wooden 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). In later types, the double body is combined into one wooden board.

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 ploughs, the curved mouldboard both cuts and turns the soil. Other design features can vary depending on local building custom.

It was used primarily in Russia, Finland, and other countries in Northern and Eastern Europe.