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The Russian president released pictures of himself riding a horse while topless (Sputnik) Questioned about his use of body doubles, Kremlin spokesperson Peskov laughed: “I can tell you there are ...
Idol (Russian: Кумир; c. 1941–c. 1948) was a gray horse that lived during the Soviet era and the Second World War, which was notable for being the horse in which Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov presided over the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 on Red Square, the first of its kind in Russian military history.
Done in oil on canvas by Russo-German painter Georg Christoph Grooth, the work depicts Empress Elizabeth of Russia on horseback. The empress is shown dressed in military uniform, attended by a negro page. Elizabeth is shown to be in command of the horse, while her holding of a field marshall's baton represents her command over the sea.
At the request of the Soviet government, the resulting horse was given the name "Russian Saddle". It is the result of strict selection based on type and appearance, [19] with a wide openness to crossbreeding. The new Russian saddle breed was presented at an agricultural show in 1939, and compared with the Arabian horse. [19]
According to The Daily Beast, local media identifies the man as 33-year-old Sergei Antipov and reports he took the horse from a farm where he used to work, hoping to show up as “Prince Charming ...
Gaziev is a professional show jumper [4] [5] and he has been involved in sports since 2010. He is a master of sports of Uzbekistan of International Class. 2017-2018 — Vice President of Horse Breeding and Equestrian Sports Federation of Uzbekistan; 2018 — Chairman at the Modern Pentathlon Federation of Uzbekistan [6] [7]
Putin was being updated on the progress of the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System in 2007 when he inquired whether he would be able to buy a device hooked into GLONASS that would allow him to keep track of his dog, Konni. The collar was demonstrated on Konni on 17 October 2008, thus making Konni the first recipient of a GLONASS-enabled ...
home to a diverse array of horse breeds. The University of Oklahoma identifies 64 distinct horse breeds that were developed in the country during the Soviet era. [7] Including extinct horses and Przewalski's horse (which is not classified as a breed), the FAO lists 69 horse breeds present or formerly present on the territory of the Russian ...