Editing Russian pyramid (section)

{{Short description|Form of pocket billiards popular in Eastern Europe}}
{{distinguish|text=the historical pocket billiards game [[pyramid pool]], a similar but unrelated game, or [[Slosh (cue sport)|slosh]] or [[bar billiards]], both also called "Russian billiards"}}
[[Image:Russian billiards balls.jpg|thumb|200px|Russian pyramid game setup, with the {{cuegloss|object ball}}s in a triangle {{cuegloss|rack}} at the {{cuegloss|foot|foot}} of the table, and the {{cuegloss|cue ball}} in front of (up-table of) the {{cuegloss|head string}} ({{cuegloss|baulk line}}).]]

'''Russian pyramid''', also known as '''Russian billiards''' ({{langx|ru|ру́сский билья́рд}}, {{lang|ru-Latn|russky bilyard}}<!--Do not "correct" that; Russian does not use capitals on adjective derived from proper nouns-->), is a form of [[cue sports|billiards]] played on a large [[billiard table]] with narrow pockets. It is played across [[Russia]] and several [[Post-Soviet states|former Soviet]]/[[Eastern Bloc]] countries. In the West, the game is known as '''pyramid billiards''', or simply '''pyramid'''.