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A great day at the show with Ch's Opromiot, Shadofax and Valeska Established in 1968, the Russkimir kennels were founded on imported European, Russian and UK lines from some of the top bloodlines in the countries of origin. The imports were: Keepers Prince Arkle (Imp UK) (by the imported Russian dog Boran x Eng Ch Angelola of Enolam) Australian Ch Korotai Krasivaja Antoniina (Imp Finland) Australian Ch Falconcrag Jaga (Imp UK) These three related dogs founded a distinctive bloodline whose type, movement and personalities passed down the generations. With the addition of more Falconcrag and Keepers lines to the originals over the years, the Russkimir dogs remained consistant in type in spite of other passing fads. From Ch Russkimir Aristocrat (1975 Hound of the Year in Qld) to the present over 70 champions have been bred including various Specialty, Group and All Breeds Show winners. See pictures of over 40 of these champions in the pages for Current Dogs, Photo Album and Historical Photos. Many of the historical dogs have passed from memory except at home but there were some great dogs in their day who won in heavy competition in breed before going on to Group and Show awards. Ch Russkimir Ermolenko and Ch Russkimir Fialka Fyeya are just two that had great careers and produced winning progeny. In 1984, an additional line was added from Eng Ch Zomahli Ozopnik (Imp UK) a five times Best in Show winner in the UK, who sired Ch Russkimir Opromiot, seven times winner of Best Male at Specialty shows, sire of twelve champions including Specialty winners and winner of numerous awards at All Breeds Championship shows. Opromiot's outstanding movement was passed onto several of his progeny and still appears in some of his descendants today. The Specialty Best in Show winner Ch Russkimir Yeltzin (a grandson of Opromiot) sired eleven champions in three litters including two Specialty winning daughters. Unfortunately Yeti was lost in an accident just before his prime but he has current champion granddaughters making their presence felt in the show ring. In recent years, further European and Russian lines have been added to produce an all champion litter including Ch Russkimir Amberdash, Best in Group winner in three States and Royal Best of Breed winner four times. Several Russkimir dogs have engaged in lure coursing for fun. Ch Russkimir Riabchik and Ch Russkimir Mitenka both won Best of Breed Borzoi for their years and Riabchik was also Runner Up Best in Field All Breeds. He followed this with Runner Up Best in Show at the Hound Club Championship Show. Unfortunately the tropical heat of Brisbane has prevented serious coursing. Generally it is too hot to run a Borzoi except on the two coursing days in midwinter. JUDGING I am an International All Breeds Championship Judge. I have also been a lure coursing judge in the past and recently renewed this interest by recommencing judging in 2006. Other Activities As historian for the International Borzoi Council, various projects are underway to research and preserve Borzoi history in all countries. To date published books are: The Australian Borzoi Book - the first hundred years from 1897 to 1998 with over a thousand historical photographs. Borzoi Database for Great Britain - all Borzoi registrations listed in alphabetical order of dog's name from the 1870's to 2000. Parents, dates of birth and colours included where known. Great for researching pedigrees. Further Databases are in progress for several European countries with some almost complete.
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