Semyon Stepanovich Geychenko. At Lukomorye (№ 409946)

The oldest billiards table is French. It has no pockets, a small size, two balls were played on it, a blunt, curved, bone-tipped cue, on its field there was a metal pin, which was called a pass. Newer ones are big billiards with pockets and a straight cue. They were played with five and fifteen balls.