The Don horse of Russia
Baca Juga
Two notions that perhaps everyone associates with Russian Federation are the immense distances together with Siberian temperatures.
If 1 thinks harder, richly decorated churches, golden palaces, Faberge eggs, state of war together with peace or revolution may come upward to mind, only what actually stands out are the interplanetary space Russian versts (1 verst = 1.06km). Amazingly, the maximum eastward westward extent of modern solar daytime Russian Federation is nigh 10,000km, a distance encompassing eleven fourth dimension zones together with spanning nearly one-half the circumference of the earth.
And at that topographic point is a native breed of horses, mayhap fiddling known abroad, whose qualities bring come upward to jibe the extreme weather condition perfectly: the Don horses. Named later on the river Don inwards southern Russia, this breed is 1 of solely 2 native breeds which bring survived inwards modern times. The other such native horses are the Orlov trotters, bred yesteryear together with named later on the 18th century Count Orlov, 1 of the most influential figures inwards Catherine the Great’s Russia.
The roots of the Don horses larn dorsum to ancient times together with the Nogajy tribes who inhabited the regions eastward of the Caspian Sea. These equine predecessors were famous for their particular stamina together with the mightiness to endure as good the freezing winters together with searing estrus of the southern steppes. Organised breeding began inwards the 18th century with the creation of special studbooks. Arab together with thoroughbred stallions were introduced alongside the wild steppes mares. The termination was an particular Equus caballus whose qualities came to live highly appreciated inwards the army.
The Don horses became the mounts of the Don Cossacks, the traditional community living inwards the southern steppe regions of Eastern Europe together with Asian Russian Federation who were famous for their especially horsemanship. The Cossacks, who were also a mounted unit of measurement of the Russian army, together with their horses’ total potential came to low-cal inwards the 1812 state of war against Napoleon. Starting from Moscow inwards colds reaching xl degrees below zero, the Cossacks pursued the exhausted French regular army throughout Europe together with arrived inwards Paris inwards the boundary on 1813.
The glory of the particular Russian horses spread all over continent.
In the Russian army, examination rides to assess the endurance of the Don horses became a regular feature. In Nov 1883, 4 officers together with fourteen Cossacks rode the 1,128 versts (1,241 km) from Nijny Novgorod on the shores of the Volga through Moscow to Saint-Petersburg inwards eleven days inwards deep snowfall together with temperatures downwardly to -20ºC.
1899, Cornet (the 3rd score of a commissioned officeholder inwards a cavalry troop) Asseev rode from Luben inwards soutern Russian Federation to Paris, a distance of 2457 versts (2633 km), inwards xxx days aboard the mares Vlaga together with Diana with an average of 80km per day. The final day’s distance was 110 km. In Paris at that fourth dimension was taking house the World’s Fair. The Russian cavalry hero came strongly inwards the world together with media’s attention. No less than 200 newspapers published articles lauding the particular achievement.
In the 1940s together with 50s to a greater extent than examination riders were organised ever with like results: the horses stood upward to the challenge, felt well, looked well, had a skillful appetite together with were able to driblet dead on the do long later on the riders together with helping crews had collapses with exhaustion.
In 1995, the Don stallion Count Pompeii ridden yesteryear the famous traveller Basha O’Reilly covered the 4,000 km betwixt the Volga steppes together with England. The book Count Pompeii – Stallion of the Steppes recounts the feat.
The collapse of the Soviet Union had a harmful lawsuit on Don horses. Careful breeding together with choice were neglected, which resulted inwards a dramatic autumn inwards numbers. Only a few hundred of fortunately the most precious mares together with stallions survived.
With the stabilisation inwards Russian political life together with improved economical conditions, the fourth dimension has come upward to resurrect the glory of the past. Breeding of Don horses has resumed. Admirers from abroad are also making a contribution: inwards French Republic an association of Don Equus caballus owners together with fans has been created. But it is non solely this particular Equus caballus that tin produce goodness from the changing circumstances. The arrival of the Don Equus caballus on the international scene tin live a pregnant property to the FEI champaign of written report of Endurance. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 native Russian breed is gradually finding its house together with its particular qualities are a truthful gift to the beauty of Equus caballus sport.
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