The Zomahli gallery
The Zomahli kennels was established by Lillie Pearson. She started with Salukis but soon also added borzoi. TBE has been given permission to use all photos and other material in Keith Prior’s Zomahli collection. The material was scanned and compiled b…
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Three great dog people
The above photograph has been published with the kind permission of Mrs Zena Thorn Andrews. “Chris Amoo writes “two great dog people, Ahmed Husain and Reg Bassett” and that looks…
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Trotting gait in borzoi
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. Bro…
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UICL Standard of 1924
UICL Standard of 1924 Until the second half of the 19th century, the notion of standard, as it is understood today, did not exist in Russia. “The standard was a tradition that was transmitted not by canine societies but from father to son by connoisse…
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Valley Farm Imports (by Sue E.A. Vasick)
Valley Farm Imports © by Sue E.A. Vasick Valley Farm Russian Imports Valley Farm lineup 1905 Valley Farm Kennels are well known for their special type of Borzoi and to this d…
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Vassily Dyakov Hunt
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 p…
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Vera Amelung – A GODDESS
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 provi…
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Vera Amelung , en Gudinna
Gudinna Vera 15 juni 2012 10:33 av Julia Svintsova Vackra och graciösa, både Vera och Vinthundar Det närmade sig slutet av 1800-talet. I November 1896 i den gamla herrgården Krasavka Atkarsk som låg i landskapet Lysogorskaya i Saratovprovinsen, föddes…
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Who was Constantin Esmont?
Notes regarding Borzoi in Russia in the period 1940 to 1950! In 1945, just as the second WW had ended, a Soviet soldier, Constantin Esmont made detailed records of the various types of borzoi he found in Cossack villages in the south of Russia. His jo…
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Wolf hunt at Perschino.(Written by N. Kravchenko), submitted by Svetlana Abashina
Painting by G K von Meyer Grand Duke N. N. From the magazine “Capital and Estate” 1…
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Wolf hunting at Prince Golitsyns estate outside Moscow, a short film.
The estate of Prince Golitsyn in the Moscow region. Shooting a winter hunt: hunters chase a wolf through a winter forest, dogs,hounds and a w… Read more: Wolf hunting at Prince Golitsyns estate outside Moscow, a short film.
Wolfhunting in Russia (by Henry T Allen, USA)
Wolfhunting in Russia The enormous extent and diversified conditions of the various localities of this empire would naturally suggest a variety of sport in hunting and shooting,…
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