page_title: Russian pyramid
section_title: "Russian pool"
hierarchical_section_title: Russian pyramid / "Russian pool"
caption_attribution_description: Comparison of 68&#160;mm (211&#8260;16&#160;in) Russian and 57&#160;mm (21&#8260;4&#160;in) American-style billiard balls for pool.
context_page_description: Russian pyramid, also known as Russian billiard is a form of pocket billiards played on a modified snooker table with narrower pockets. It is popular across Eastern Europe as well as countries of the former Soviet Union/Eastern Bloc. A variant with colored balls modeled on those of pool is known as Russian pool. In Western countries, the game is known as pyramid billiards, or simply pyramid within professional circles.
context_section_description: Colored numbered balls for playing eight-ball, nine-ball and other pool games on Russian billiards tables are also produced. The balls are 68 mm (​2 ¹¹⁄₁₆ in) in diameter, like the standard onea for Russian pyramid, and thus much larger than the American-style balls they are patterned after (as illustrated in the comparison image).
caption: Comparison of the 68 mm (​2 11⁄16 in) Russian and the 57 mm (​2 1⁄4 in) common-style pool ball.
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