In Siberia, in Omsk, a Borzoi enthusiast, Grigory Anatolyevich Ostaptchenko, has recreated a hunt in the spirit of the Perchino Hunt of hounds, horses and tradition. To carry out this undertaking, he received the support of the Region, which made 25,000 hectares of land available to him. Interview with Grigori Anatolyevich Ostaptchenko! Ataman (leader), organizer […]
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Valley Farm Imports © by Sue E.A. Vasick Valley Farm Russian Imports Valley Farm Kennels are well known for their special type of Borzoi and to this day the name O’Valley Farm (or OVF) brings thoughts of solid, well coated, sound and strong Borzoi to the mind of breeders and researchers who have been
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The 5 dogs of His Majesty the Emperor appear in the first picture. On the left a hunter with the “Hera” and “Iwan”, in the middle Mr. Carl Brandt with the “Luna” and on the right the tireless club manager Hilpert-Berlin with “Scheitan” and “Djeman” Luna 9 years old, a gift from the Russian Emperor,
The goddess Vera 15 juni 2012 10:33 by Julia Svintsova Beautiful and gracious, Both Vera & Sighthounds By the end of the late 19th century. in November 1896 in the old manor Krasavka Atkarsk, located in the Lysogorskaya province of Saratov province, a baby was born. The hopes were perhaps that the child would be a brave
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It is with sadness I report the death of Richard Duckworth. It will be a loss to the world of Borzoi. Richard grew up with dogs and horses but Borzoi were his great passion, owning his first at about eighteen years old, writes Lorraine Marchant. He was a frequent visitor to the Reyas Kennel and always
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The Andersen family got their first borzoi, Ekhaga Irina, in 1968 and the Murugi kennel was registred in 1972. Owners of the kennel was Berit and Arvid Andersen. Later when their daughter Camilla grew up, she also took part in both breeding and showing. It was never a large kennel, at most they had 6
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Link to part I PART II In 1931 the Winters purchased the bitch Oxana BUSSIUS (DWZB No. 5849), born on 30 April 1931, for their kennel.
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In Russia in the 19th century there were two borzoi breeders of the same surname – Boldarev (in the old style Boldareff). Very often people do not know about this, both persons and their dogs people confuse them. I will try to briefly explain who is who. Of these, the most famous was Nikolai Arkadievich
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So recently (1959) the Flag bearer for the German Borzoi breeders, the “Rasswet” kennel owned by Robert and Grete Kerler, Memmingen is ended. Until after the Second World War, “Rasswet” was the oldest active borzoi kennel in Germany. Unfortunately, the bombs hit this kennel very badly and after the death of Mr. Robert Kerler, Miss
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The perhaps most important kennel of the post-war period in Germany was the “vom Bergland”, not only in terms of success in the home area, but also with regard to export to other countries, whereby the borzoi not only won nice prizes, but also provided for offspring in the top class. The name of
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