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Le premier standard F.C.I.

  Préambule : Jusqu’à deuxième partie du 19e siècle, la notion de standard, telle qu’on la conçoit aujourd’hui, n’existait pas en Russie. “Le standard était une tradition qui se transmettait non par des sociétés canines mais de père en fils par d…

Leeds Championship Show Critique

Leeds Champion Show Critique from Our Dogs newspaper, September 2, 1982  

Leningrad Canine Society, Borzoi section.

The Borzoi section of the Leningrad Dog Society was formed in 1926. The founders were A. Mezencev, K. Matvejev and E. Dezor. A number of borzoi of the Gatchina imperial hunt was rediscovered at that time. From the same litter were: Tchaus (Maler)…

Lois Kellog

            The clipping was brought in by Mrs. Harriet Cody of Casa Cody, who called attention to a notable part of Miss Kellogg s career which was not included in the Nevada paper’s article. ‘ Out of her large income, M…

Louis Dobbelmann, a pioneer in Borzois. Andrus Kozlov material

Louis Dobbelmann with Ataman II (Ozerov) Louis Dobbelmann (1837-1901) was the owner of a tobacco factory. Even before buying his first borzois, Dobbelmann kept the Eldee kennel,…

Louis Murr – Mr Borzoi

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. V…

Manitia´s

“LIFE WITH BORZOIS” Margaret Manning with Ch Falconcrag Krassai Margaret Manning of Manitias Kennels I have had dogs and horses all my life and have always been interested in a…

Memories of a Borziatnik (General Zhikarev)

Excerpts from a story “Small memories of a borziatnik” by V.F. Péléchevski, published in the “Hunting Magazine” in January 1876. General Zhikarev {font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_074019-95 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_074019-95[data-kb-block="kb-adv-heading_074019-95"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}

Mikhail Vladimirovich Skaryatin , Submitted by Alena Yarygina

Troitskoye village is the ancestral estate of a large noble family of Skaryatins, representatives of an ancient family. The estate was passed on in the family by inheritance.   Barin Mikhail Vladimirovich Skaryatin (the last heir of the estate),…

More about A K Boldareff

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 sol…

Moscow Show 1996

Film from Dogshow in Moscow 1996. Borzois judged by Richard Duckworth, (Sholwood) England. Submitted with kind assistance from Pam Wild. Photo: Int&Mult CH Zagar iz Razdolia, Int & Mult CH Chernij Monarch iz Razdolia , CH RUS Blagaja Vest…

Nevezhin (A force in Russian borzoi)

Nevezhin Picture portfolio The revolution drastically decimated the number of borzois in Russia but dogs did survive. Some in the hands of dedicated people in Leningrad and in Moscow, others in the hands of local hunters in remote and rural areas of t…