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THE VLADIMIR HEAVY DRAFT. A HORSE HISTORY
In the 19th century, breeding stallions from abroad were brought to Russia’s Vladimir Governorate to breed with the best, largest, and strongest local mares. By the mid-1930s, breeders had managed to create an almost ideal horse. The new Vladimir breed was registered in 1946. This horse is known for its power, hardiness, and friendly nature, and these gentle giants are said to have a particularly Russian character. Its ancestors carried knights and heavy cannons, but the new breed was originally intended to be used for agricultural tasks. And today? What has become of them? Learn about the Vladimir Heavy Draft and its history, on Russian Travel Guide.
Коллекция Russian Travel Guide. Крепости. Ленинградская область
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Коллекция Russian Travel Guide. Крепости. Ленинградская область
Folk crafts of Ingushetia
Ingushetia, a region in southern Russia's Caucasus, is known for its rocky mountains and the ice-cold streams and rivers that rush through them. However the area's natural beauty is not the only thing known to charm travellers — its customs and folk crafts do this as well. The memory of their ancestors is something incredibly important to the Ingush people. For this reason they work hard to preserve traditions and on no rare occasion can guests catch sight of rich folk costumes, architectural monuments from the Middle Ages and people proudly performing folk dances that represent their small, culturally abundant native land. The republic however is not known solely for its traditions and ancestral memory — it is also the birthplace of leading technologies used around the world, for example, in the industrial processing of fish skin.
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