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The Mezen or Mezenskaya is a draft breed of the northern forest type that is bred in the valleys of the Mezen & Pineg Rivers in the Arkhangelsk region.
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Horse breeds from Russia
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The Megezh is the largest type found within the Yakut breed and they are bred in the southwestern part of Yakutia in the Leninsk region.
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The Kyrgyz Horse has been bred in the steppes of central north Asia & Siberia by the Kyrgyz people for over 4000 years. These animals are different than Mongolian animals as they were domesticated prior to Mongolian civilization.
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Organized horse breeding in Siberia didn’t really begin until mid to late 19th century. Before that time local breeds had emerged, the most valuable and well known was the Kuznetsk horse.
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Also called the Kirgizskaya, the Kirghiz breed has very few pure members left, however they were once the purest & most plentiful of the Mongolian breeds in Russia.
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Also called the Kazakhskaya, the Kazakh horse of Russia comes from the same stock as the Kazakh of China. The two countries have bred their animals differently and thus there are physical differences today.
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Also called Karakachan Pony, Karatschai pony, Karatschaever, Karatschaewsker & Karachaier, the Karachai breed comes from the breeds of the northern Caucasus and was developed at the start of the last millennium.
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Also called the Kalmyskaya, the Kalmyk Horse originally comes from Mongolian lines and is bred in the territory along the Volga & Ural rivers. Physically they resemble the Kirghiz breed in many ways, except they are taller & tend to be rougher in confirmation.
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Also called the Kabardian & the Kabardinskaya, the Kabarda breed comes from the Babardino-Balkar Autonomous Republic & the Stavropol area of Caucasus & developed by nomadic tribesmen.
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Also called the Donskaya, the Don horse was developed on the steppes of the Don river and comes primarily from Russian steppe horses crossed with animals of Arabian, Karabakh, Akhal-Teke & Thoroughbred descent.
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