Both Artem Boldareff and his uncle Nicolai Boldareff was active hunters.It is sometimes not easy to tell who was who of them as often only the name Boldareff was used. Andrus Kozlov informed the following: “Nikolai Boldareff shut down his Hunt and sold most of the dogs to Count Stroganoff in 1894. Stroganoff sold some […]
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Andrus Kozlov has collected data from the Perchino hunting Journals. Not all years are available. Contrary to Gatchina they did not use guns but hunted with borzoi so what these figures tell us about the borzoi’s capabilities we can assume is quite close to the truth. It is also apparent that wolves were not an
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Picture of Porozhai , born 1891, red/white by (Letun D.B.Golizyn x Zmeika Sipyagin) and Ugar 248 (Sverkai Gatchina 154 x Obruga Gatchina 152). He won a big silver medal in St.Petersburg 1896 and first prize in coursing 1894. Died in the fire in Bolanda described below. The Tragedy with the dogs of the Imperial Hunt
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The owner of the hunt – Vasily Nikolayevich Dyakov- one of the founders of the agricultural case in Russia, the director of the poltava experienced field, was the inspector of agriculture of the main directorate of land and agriculture, held similar positions in Tambov and in Poltava lips. According to relatives, there was a big
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Satin hunt On the photo is Ivanovka estate, located in Uvarovsky district, Tambov region, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff in the period between 1890 and 1917 (until his emigration). It was the family home of his aristocratic relatives, the Satins, who were borzoi breeders (borzjatnik), their dogs
This database is derived from various Russian studbooks published by different organisations and assorted catalogues from 1875 plus some 19th century pedigrees in Russian journals and some surviving handwritten records from Perchino all in original Cyrillic script. For dogs that were exported, the studbooks from those countries were used for information on parents etc. Some
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This article is compiled by Andrus Kozlov. English translation by Dan Persson. At least four different members of the family bred and owned borzoi in Russia: When we look at the pedigrees of the Borzoi or talk about the breeders of the 19th – early 20th centuries, we must take into account the fact that there
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An Outline of the History of the Borzoi This article was written in 1891 by Baron G. A. Rosen and was published in the journal Russkii Okhotnik. This material was graciously provided by Dr. Jim Sillers, who had the work translated and the resulting paper presented at the 1997 BCOA National Specialty and at the
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