Catherine the Great and the 30 maidens
Most probably a “fairy tail”. Chaterine The Great was not known for loving borzoi! You can read more about her here: Chaterine
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Celt and Scythians
A Scythian camp scene by Eugene Delacroix Is there a common root for the large sighthounds, the Borzoi, the Irish wolfhound and the Scottish Deerhound? We know that the Celts mov…
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Chack Bielaja
Chack Bielaja Mr. Müller deals extensively with Chack Bielaja 410 in his essay: “The German Generations” and confuses his description by expressing the German fanciers favor and hatred with this dog. To get to know Chack better, at least from pictur…
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Clumber Park, Home of the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle
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Color on imported borzoi in 1891
Color of borzois imported by Mr. Paul Hacke from Russia in 1891 from the middleman Mr. A. Rousseau. Most of the borzois were purchased from the kennel of Grand Duke George Alexandrovich. Source “Forest and Stream” 1891-08-20
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Count Dmitry G. Mengden, a show report from Brussels / by Andrus Kozlov
Count Dmitry G Mengden with Borzois from his hunt As is known, Count Mengden was one of the few Russian breeders of Borzois, who, after the revolution, emigrated to France and co…
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Count Leo Tolstoy and his youngest daughter Countess Alexandra Lvovna Tolstoy
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D.M. Dudley’s Ukrainia Borzoi
By Sue E.A. Vasick [originally published in the Spring, 1992 issue of Borzoi International magazine] All Rights Reserved. In England, Dorothy Dudley’s interest in Borzoi began in the 1930’s and continued to her demise at a ripe old age. …
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Delaware Valley
On the last day, November 7, of the deer shooting season in New Jersey, the writer found himself in the lovely woods that surround the Kuser property, known as the Delaware Val- ley Farms, and Mount Rosalie, overlooking the famous river about twelve m…
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Dogshow in Amsterdam 1926.
The show was judged by Artem Boldareff & the Cheremeteff Brothers
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Durassov kennels
Peter Feodrovich Durassov (1835 – 1894), was a famous borzoi breeder in Russia. He was the son of Senator F. Durassov, in 1884 Equerry (Chief of stables) at the highest court, a wealthy nobleman – he owned 38 000 ha of land in six governments, factori…
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Early American Borzoi History
Historic research by Margaret Davis! Revision of the early American Borzoi history! The American system of partial registration leaves so much of the early history out of the studbooks, Here are chronological lists for 4 of the earliest foundation bre…
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