Compiled by Margaret Davis for the years 1804 to 1891: One of the borzoi pioneers in the UK was Lady Emily Peel. She imported her first dogs directly from the Tzars kennels at Gatchina. 1804 Borzoi owned by 5th Earl of Sandwich sketched by H B Chalon 1832 Fawn colour Russian greyhound at the Zoological […]
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This story is an example of what unlucky circumstances can do to people, their borzoi and even affect the whole breed. It is not published here to point fingers at one unfortunate person but to make us all aware of what can happen. Borzoi clubs and friends should be the first to see signs of illness
The dog in the pictures, Argos (Sokoloff) born I Russia in 1886, sold to America and renamed Argoss. He comes from a litter that has influenced the borzoi breed ever since. He looks like a very strongly built dog, slightly longer than high. Broad in front but even broader in hindquarters. Are the proportions
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Melanie Richards posted the Russian text a while back, and I’ve completed the translation of that chapter and my wife Catherine Shilov finished the editing, Dmitri Shilov! The content or part of the content in the article has been questioned but it can’t be denied that Nikolai Chelichtsev had seen some of the dogs he
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Annilla Nilsson of kennel Borzowski has sent pictures and information from the borzoi specialty show at Skokloster in Sweden in 1988 and Dan Persson has suplied the result list., nearly 120 borzoi was entered! Thank you both and others who has helped with information! This was a great show and a great memory for many
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Ute Dick has sent us this story about the kennel aus der Taiga in what then was Easten Germany. “This is my memories of the Kennel aus der Taiga: I met the Nellissen family in the years 1968-1972, I was a child at the age of 9 years. The residence of the Nellissen family was
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Une vie où le Barzoï a tenu une large place… Jo Dupret et son élevage belge de la Polianka (qui a duré de1969 – 1993 en ce qui concerne la production) font partie de l’histoire déjà presque ancienne du Barzoï pour les jeunes d’aujourd’hui. Il a donc paru nécessaire de recueillir les souvenirs de
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Aleksey Kivshenko Born: 22 March 1851 in Venyov, Russian Empire Died: 2 October 1895 (aged 44) in Heidelberg, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire Education: Member Academy of Arts (1884), Professor by rank (1893) Alma mater: Imperial Academy of Arts (1877) Aleksey Danilovich Kivshenko (Russian: Алексей Данилович Кившенко;
Mr. Borzoi: Louis Murr Was a Russian Wolfhound Advocate and Judge to Be Reckoned With AKC History By Denise Flaim Aug 28, 2019 Louis Murr was a renowned Borzoi owner, breeder, exhibitor, and judge. Most authorities of the time considered Murr’s Ch. Vigow of Romanoff to be the greatest Borzoi ever bred on American soil
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Most probably a “fairy tail”. Chaterine The Great was not known for loving borzoi! You can read more about her here: Chaterine
Catherine the Great and the 30 maidens Read More »