Borzoi
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The Borzoi or Russian Hunting Sighthound is a Russian breed of hunting dog of the sighthound type. It was formerly used for wolf hunting; until 1936, the breed was known as the Russian Wolfhound.
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Borzoi owned by Max Hartenstein, Berlin, Germany, 1879
Borzoi by a Chair (St George Hare, 19th century)
Wolf hunting with borzois (1904), Efim A. Tikhmenev
Saluki
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The Saluki or Arabian hound or Persian hound is a standardised breed developed from sighthounds – dogs that hunt primarily by sight rather than strong scent – that was once used by nomadic tribes to r
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…steppe), called stepnoi; and krimskaya borzaya (from the Crimea), called krimskoi. The Borzoi originated in the sixteenth century Russia by crossing Saluki and European sighthounds with thick-coated Russian breeds. The Borzoi was popular with the Tsars before the 1917 revolution. For centuries, Borzois…
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