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The system by which Russians over the ages named their sighthounds was a series of descriptive terms rather than actual names. Borzoi is the masculine singular form of an archaic Russian adjective that means 'fast'. Borzaya sobaka ('fast dog') is the basic term for sighthounds used by Russians, though sobaka is usually dropped.
Wolfhound of the Grey Hound Clan (Russian: Волкодав из рода Серых Псов, romanized: Volkodav iz roda Serykh Psov) is a 2006 Russian slavic fantasy film directed by Nikolai Lebedev, based on the novel of the same name by Maria Semenova.
The Chortai, sometimes spelt Chortaj, is a breed of sighthound from Ukraine.. The Chortai is said to resemble a cross between a Greyhound and a short haired Borzoi, being a quite heavily built running hound but nevertheless displaying typical sighthound features.
Wolf hunting with dogs is a method of wolf hunting which relies on the use of hunting dogs.While any dog, especially a hound used for hunting wolves may be loosely termed a "wolfhound", several dog breeds have been specifically bred for the purpose, some of which, such as the Irish Wolfhound, have the word in their breed name.
"Borzaya" means any of the sighthounds found in Russia, it's a generic term in the same way that "Greyhound" can be. I guess your college Russian is right, it's an adjective which they've simply used to name a certain type of dog. "Russkaya Psovaya Borzaya" is the Russian designation for the dogs we call Borzoi - the longhaired variety.
The Bankhar dog (Buryat: хотошо, Mongolian: банхар, Russian: Бурят-монгольский волкодав), is a landrace livestock guarding dog. Originally bred by the Buryat people , their success contributed to their spread across Buryatia and Mongolia and into adjacent regions before they were nearly annihilated in the mid ...
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Two orphanage children find themselves on opposite sides of the barricades. Volkov became a criminal, and Zhuravleva became a police officer.