A little bit about the quality of borzois imported from Russia. In my opinion, imports can be divided into two groups, based on when the borzois were imported. Indeed, when borzois became popular in the west in the 1890s, in Russia some dealers who haven’t not large hunts, or who were not famous breeders […]
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Case from the Imperial Hunt Fund. On purchase from Count Sheremetyev for the Imperial hunting of Hounds and Borzoi dogs. Started August 8 days 1883 Ended September 19 days 1883 To the case of buying dogs from GR Sheremetyev on August 29 The list of the Dogs from the former hunt of Count Alexander Sheremetyev.
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Georgi K von Meyer (born 1853) was an amateur painter and General of the Russian army. Engaged in painting independently. He paid special attention to hunting sketches, which were published in specialized magazines for hunters. At the exhibitions, portraits of thoroughbred dogs painted by Meyer were successful. It is known that he took part in
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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
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