What does Dtroika stand for and how the hell do you pronounce the name? Funny you should ask…most people do. Troika is Russian for “three” and the owners Aleksey (who hails from the Russia) and Steve form their ideas with that of their clients. The collaboration of the three together seemed appropriate to call them selves Troika. Plus raised and based in the Metro Detroit area adding the D to the front of it is a representation of where they live. And that is how you have the word Dtroika, pronounced “D-troy-ka”