List of Russian horse breeds

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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
Akhal-Teke
  • Ахалтекинская
  • Akhaltekinskaya[1]
Khair12.jpg
Altai Altaiskaya[1][2] Saddled Altai horse.jpg
Amurskaya[1] extinct Serko Les races chevalines.jpg
Anglo-Kabarda[1] AngloKabardiner.jpg
Avarskaya[1] variant of Dagestani[3]
Balkar[1] mountain variant of Kabardin[3]
Bashkir
  • Башкирская
  • Bashkirskaya[1][2]
[1] extinct Les races chevalines (Page 72) BHL22833118 (cropped).jpg
Budyonny
  • Будённовская
  • Boudennovskaya[1]
  • Budennovskaya[2]
Two year old budjonny stallions in russia.jpg
  • Buryatskaya[1]
  • Baikal[3]
  • Zabaikal
  • Zabaykalskaya[1]
Horse (Zhemchug).jpg
Byelorussian Harness Horse Belorusskaya Uprazhnaya[2] Belarusian Harness Horse.jpg
Byryatskaya[1]
[3] draught derivative of Altai[3]
[1] derived from Altai[3]
Chernomor Chernomorskaya[1] extinct
Chilkovskaya[1] extinct
Chumysh Chumyshskaya[1] derived from Altai[3]
Chuvashskaya[1] extinct
[1] extinct
Dagestanskii Poni[1]
Deliboz Delibozskaya[1]
Don Donskaya[1][2] Donchak 2.jpg
Estonskii Tyazhelovoz[1]
Estonian Native Mestnaya Estonskaya[2] Estonian native horse.jpg
Hutsul[2] Hucul 0131m.jpg
Iomud Iomudskaya[2]
Kabarda Kabardinskaya[1][2] Kabardin Horse.jpg
Kalmyk Kalmutskaya[1] Kalmuck horse.jpg
Karabair Karabairskaya[2]
Karabakh Karabakhskaya[2]
Karachay Karachaevskaya[1] Сурат Сербазыч.jpg
Karel'skaya[1] North Russian group, extinct[3]
Kazakh Kazakhskaya[2]
Kumykskaya[1] variant of Dagestani[3]
Kushumskaya[1][2]
Kustanai Kustanaiskaya[2]
[2]
  • Кузнецкая
  • Kuznetskaya[1]
Latvian horse Latviiskaya[2]
Lezginskaya[1] variant of Dagestani[3]
Lithuanian Heavy Draught Litovskaya Tyazhelovoznaya[2] Lithuanian Heavy Draught.jpg
Lokai Lokaiskaya[2]
Lovetskaya[1] extinct
Mezen Mezenskaya[1] North Russian group[3]
Minusinsk[1] extinct
[1]
  • Нарымская
  • Narymskaya
Novoaltaiskaya[1]
Novokirghiz Novokirgizskaya[2]
Obva[1] extinct Obva stallion 1899.jpg
[1] North Russian group, extinct[3]
Orlov Trotter
  • Russian: Орловский Рысак
  • Orlovskii Rysak[1]
  • Russian: Орловская Рысистая
  • Orlovskaya Rysistaya[2]
  • Orlovskaya Courser[1]
Grey Orlov Trotter.jpg
Orlovskaya Verkhovaya[1] extinct
Pechorskaya[1] North Russian group[3]
Priob Priobskaya[1]
[1] extinct Les races chevalines (Page 107) BHL22833161 (cropped).jpg
[1]
Russian Heavy Draught Russkii Tyazhelovoz[1] HetRussischeWerkpaard.jpg
Russkaya Krovnaya Verkhovaya[1] extinct
Russian Trotter[1]
  • Russian: Русский Рысак
  • Russkii Rysak[1]
  • Russian: Ру́сская Рыси́стая
  • Russkaya Rysistaya[2]
  • Orlov-American Trotter
Julia And Saturn 2.jpg
Soviet Heavy Draught Sovetskii Tyazhelovoz[1] Soviet heavy draft.jpg
[1]
Srednekolymskaya[1]
Tavdinskaya[1] North Russian group[3]
Tersk Terskaya[1][2] Basilick tersk.jpg
Tomskaya[1] extinct
Tori
  • Toriyskaya[1]
  • Toriiskaya[2]
Tori sport horse.jpg
Tuvinskaya[1]
Tuvinskaya Upryazhnaya[1] extinct
Ukrainian Saddle Horse Ukrainskaya Verkhovaya Porodnaya[1]
[3] Verkhne-Eniseiskaya[1]
Vladimirskaya[1]
Vladimir Heavy Draught Vladimirskaya Tyazhelovoznaya[1]
[3] Voronezhskaya Upryazhnaya[1] extinct
Vyatka Vyatskaya[1][2] Vyatka horse.jpg
Yakut Yakutskaya[1][2] Молодые лошади якутской породы.jpg
Žemaitukas
  • Жемайтская
  • Zhemaichu
  • Zhmudskaya[2]
Zemaitukai080822.jpg

References[]

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.


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