List of Russian horse breeds

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]
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
  • Башкирская
  • Bashkirskaya[1][2]
Bityug[1] extinct
Budyonny
  • Будённовская
  • Boudennovskaya[1]
  • Budennovskaya[2]
Buryat
  • Buryatskaya[1]
  • Baikal[3]
  • Zabaikal
  • Zabaykalskaya[1]
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]
  • Кузнецкая
  • Kuznetskaya[1]
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]
  • Нарымская
  • Narymskaya
Novoaltaiskaya[1]
Novokirghiz Novokirgizskaya[2]
Obva[1] extinct
Onega[1] North Russian group, extinct[3]
Orlov Trotter
  • Russian: Орловский Рысак
  • Orlovskii Rysak[1]
  • Russian: Орловская Рысистая
  • Orlovskaya Rysistaya[2]
  • Orlovskaya Courser[1]
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]
  • Russian: Русский Рысак
  • Russkii Rysak[1]
  • Russian: Ру́сская Рыси́стая
  • Russkaya Rysistaya[2]
  • Orlov-American Trotter
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
  • Жемайтская
  • Zhemaichu
  • Zhmudskaya[2]

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.