List of Russian horse breeds
Appearance
This is a list of the horse breeds considered in Russia to be wholly or partly of Russian origin, including breeds from the Russian Federation and from the former Soviet Union. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Russian.
English name | Other names | Notes | Image |
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Akhal-Teke |
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Altai | Altaiskaya[1][2] | ![]() | |
Amur | Amurskaya[1] | extinct | ![]() |
Anglo-Kabarda[1] | ![]() | ||
Avar | Avarskaya[1] | variant of Dagestani[3] | |
Balkar[1] | mountain variant of Kabardin[3] | ||
Bashkir | |||
Bityug[1] | extinct | ![]() | |
Budyonny | ![]() | ||
Buryat | ![]() | ||
Byelorussian Harness Horse | Belorusskaya Uprazhnaya[2] | ![]() | |
Byryatskaya[1] | |||
Chara[3] | draught derivative of Altai[3] | ||
Charysh[1] | derived from Altai[3] | ||
Chernomor | Chernomorskaya[1] | extinct | |
Chilkov | Chilkovskaya[1] | extinct | |
Chumysh | Chumyshskaya[1] | derived from Altai[3] | |
Chuvash | Chuvashskaya[1] | extinct | |
Cossack[1] | extinct | ||
Dagestani | Dagestanskii Poni[1] | ||
Deliboz | Delibozskaya[1] | ||
Don | Donskaya[1][2] | ![]() | |
Estonian Heavy Draught | Estonskii Tyazhelovoz[1] | ||
Estonian Native | Mestnaya Estonskaya[2] | ![]() | |
Hutsul[2] | ![]() | ||
Iomud | Iomudskaya[2] | ||
Kabarda | Kabardinskaya[1][2] | ![]() | |
Kalmyk | Kalmutskaya[1] | ![]() | |
Karabair | Karabairskaya[2] | ||
Karabakh | Karabakhskaya[2] | ||
Karachay | Karachaevskaya[1] | ![]() | |
Karelian | Karel'skaya[1] | North Russian group, extinct[3] | |
Kazakh | Kazakhskaya[2] | ||
Kumyk | Kumykskaya[1] | variant of Dagestani[3] | |
Kushum | Kushumskaya[1][2] | ||
Kustanai | Kustanaiskaya[2] | ||
Kuznetsk[2] |
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Latvian horse | Latviiskaya[2] | ||
Lezgian | Lezginskaya[1] | variant of Dagestani[3] | |
Lithuanian Heavy Draught | Litovskaya Tyazhelovoznaya[2] | ![]() | |
Lokai | Lokaiskaya[2] | ||
Lovets | Lovetskaya[1] | extinct | |
Mezen | Mezenskaya[1] | North Russian group[3] | |
Minusinsk[1] | extinct | ||
Narym[1] |
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Novoaltaiskaya[1] | |||
Novokirghiz | Novokirgizskaya[2] | ||
Obva[1] | extinct | ![]() | |
Onega[1] | North Russian group, extinct[3] | ||
Orlov Trotter | ![]() | ||
Orlovskaya Verkhovaya[1] | extinct | ||
Pechora | Pechorskaya[1] | North Russian group[3] | |
Priob | Priobskaya[1] | ||
Rostopchin[1] | extinct | ![]() | |
Russian Draught[1] | |||
Russian Heavy Draught | Russkii Tyazhelovoz[1] | ![]() | |
Russkaya Krovnaya Verkhovaya[1] | extinct | ||
Russian Trotter[1] | ![]() | ||
Soviet Heavy Draught | Sovetskii Tyazhelovoz[1] | ![]() | |
Soviet Saddle Horse[1] | |||
Srednekolymsk | Srednekolymskaya[1] | ||
Tavda | Tavdinskaya[1] | North Russian group[3] | |
Tersk | Terskaya[1][2] | ![]() | |
Tomsk | Tomskaya[1] | extinct | |
Tori | ![]() | ||
Tuva | Tuvinskaya[1] | ||
Tuvinskaya Upryazhnaya[1] | extinct | ||
Ukrainian Saddle Horse | Ukrainskaya Verkhovaya Porodnaya[1] | ||
Upper Yenisei Horse[3] | Verkhne-Eniseiskaya[1] | ||
Vladimir | Vladimirskaya[1] | ||
Vladimir Heavy Draught | Vladimirskaya Tyazhelovoznaya[1] | ||
Voronezh Coach Horse[3] | Voronezhskaya Upryazhnaya[1] | extinct | |
Vyatka | Vyatskaya[1][2] | ![]() | |
Yakut | Yakutskaya[1][2] | ![]() | |
Žemaitukas |
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References
- Breeds reported by Russian Federation: Horse Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.
- N.G. Dmitriev, L.K. Ernst (1989). Animal genetic resources of the USSR. FAO animal production and health paper 65. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9251025827. Archived 13 November 2009. Also available here, archived 29 September 2017.
- Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.