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Kalmyk kazaks (cossacs) |
The Kalmyk horse was once bred by
the nomadic Kalmyk tribe on the steppes between the Caspian Sea and
Manytchem, estuary of the river Don (Kalmykiya).
At one time he was also spread not only as far as Altay
where he was crossbred with the Kirgiz horse and laid the foundation for
the Siberian horse, but west
from the Volga river as well, where he blended in with the Old
Don horse and other more cultural breeds, which gave him ultimately
taller form than the Kirgiz horse (145-150 cm in the withers). These forms
were called “drebents”. |
Translated by
Ludvik K Stanek a.k.a.
Lee Stanek
from the 1953 Special Zoo-Technique - Breeding of Horses
Published in 1953 by
the Czechoslovakian Academy of Agricultural Science and certified by the
Ministry of Agriculture.
Written by: MVDr Ludvik
Ambroz, Frabtisek Bilek, MVDr Karel Blazek, Ing. Jaromir Dusek, Ing. Karel
Hartman, Hanus Keil, pro. MVDr Emanuel Kral, Karel Kloubek, Ing. Dr. Frantisek
Lerche, Ing. Dr Vaclav Michal, Ing. Dr Zdenek Munki, Ing. Vladimir Mueller, MVDr
Julius Penicka, pro. MVDr Emil Pribyl, MVDr Lev Richter, prof. Ing. Dr Josef
Rechta, MVDr Karel Sejkora and Ing. Dr Jindrich Steinitz.
