Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Cossacks?


Russian Don - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Don
The first type of Don horse, generally called the "Old Don," evolved from semi-feral Russian steppe horses and Oriental horse breeds such as the Karabakh horse, Turkmenian, and Arabian that were brought to Russia as a product of Cossack raids.

9 horse breeds native to Russia | Russia Beyond The Headlines

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Oct 12, 2015 - Take a look at Russia's finest horses. ... The Russian Don was the driving force of the legendary Cossack cavalry for a long time. Strong, tenacious and ... Strong, fast and hardy, the Bashkir horse is the lord of the steppe.

The Don - Horse breed, Horse breeding, types and breeds from ...

www.equiworld.net/breeds/don/index.htm
The Don was an ideal Cossack horse and it used to be in great demand by the ... The initial stock for the Dons were the semi-wild horses of the Russian steppe.

Russia Against Napoleon: The True Story of the Campaigns of War and ...

https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1101429380
Dominic Lieven - 2010 - ‎History
The closest the Russian cavalry came to pure steppe horses was in its Cossack, Bashkir and Kalmyk irregular regiments. The Don Cossack horse was ugly, ...

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