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Artem Konstantinovich Boldareff

  Artem K. Boldareff, a great Russian land owner of the late 19th century, is known to be a great meritorious hunter and breeder of Borzoi in this period. He owned a group of renowned Borzoi and his breeding “Woronzova” (named after his estate) s…

Aus der Taiga kennel

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…

Bemerkungen zur Barsoi-Prämiierung in Kassel by General Georgi K von Meyer

Bemerkungen zur Barsoi-Prämiierung in Kassel, 25.-26. Oktober 1913 von General George de Meyer. Link to further information on G K von Meyer here) Kieff, 12. Februar 1014 Foto von der Zeitung  “Hundesport und Jagd” 1913, Nr.45, pg.1044  aus Höflichkei…

Borzoi clips from British Newspaper Archives

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Borzoi Club Championship Show

Critique from Our Dogs newspaper.  Judge Val Tuton

Borzoi History Denmark 1900-2000

Engraving by Carl Gustav Clemens Denmark 1903 There are no records of the very early Borzoi breeding in Denmark, but as the ruling classes in Denmark and Russia had close conne…

Borzoi History in France by Henry Teissonnière, kennel de l’Ermitage

Chalupchik, Tcherkess II & Schivocka. In this,  the history of the borzoi in France I will not return to the deluge, because Noah would certainly not have come to Havre or…

Borzoi History in Holland (1885-1955)

Mimi and Johan de Leeuw with Ch Slobian Bielaja Sokol, owner Louis Dobbelman Holland’s first large bree…

Borzoi history in Spain

Borzois at an exhibition in Barcelona in 1913./Andrus Kozlov The Kennel Club in Spain commenced in 1911 and Vol 1 of the studbook LOE published records for 1912. The first Borzoi…

Borzoi History Norway 1900-2000

Norway Click the underlined links anywhere in the document to learn more. This historical article has its background in an ongoing project of Dan Person and T B E, with the ambition to present thorough, well-documented Borzoi History from as many coun…

Borzoi History Sweden 1900-2000

Swedish magazine 1934 Photo from 1947, two swedish Borzois Bojar & Fedja        …

Borzoi in Russia from 1920 to 1980. Galina Zotova.

Galina Viktorovna Zotova on Russian borzoi after the revolution. This is an interpretation of Madam Zotova’s letter regarding borzoi in Russia, from about 1920 to about 1980. She had strong opinions, was outspoken, in some cases even controversial. In…