List of Russian horse breeds


This is a list of the horse breeds considered in Russia to be wholly or partly of Russian origin, including breeds from the Russian Federation and from the former Soviet Union. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Russian.
English nameOther namesNotesImage
Akhal-Teke
AltaiAltaiskaya
AmurAmurskayaextinct
Anglo-Kabarda
AvarAvarskayavariant of Dagestani
Balkarmountain variant of Kabardin
Bashkir
Bityugextinct
Budyonny
Buryat
Byelorussian Harness HorseBelorusskaya Uprazhnaya
Byryatskaya
Charadraught derivative of Altai
Charyshderived from Altai
ChernomorChernomorskayaextinct
ChilkovChilkovskayaextinct
ChumyshChumyshskayaderived from Altai
ChuvashChuvashskayaextinct
Cossackextinct
DagestaniDagestanskii Poni
DelibozDelibozskaya
DonDonskaya
Estonian Heavy DraughtEstonskii Tyazhelovoz
Estonian NativeMestnaya Estonskaya
Hutsul
IomudIomudskaya
KabardaKabardinskaya
KalmykKalmutskaya
KarabairKarabairskaya
KarabakhKarabakhskaya
KarachayKarachaevskaya
KarelianKarel'skayaNorth Russian group, extinct
KazakhKazakhskaya
KumykKumykskayavariant of Dagestani
KushumKushumskaya
KustanaiKustanaiskaya
Kuznetsk
Latvian horseLatviiskaya
LezgianLezginskayavariant of Dagestani
Lithuanian Heavy DraughtLitovskaya Tyazhelovoznaya
LokaiLokaiskaya
LovetsLovetskayaextinct
MezenMezenskayaNorth Russian group
Minusinskextinct
Narym
Novoaltaiskaya
NovokirghizNovokirgizskaya
Obvaextinct
OnegaNorth Russian group, extinct
Orlov Trotter
Orlovskaya Verkhovayaextinct
PechoraPechorskayaNorth Russian group
PriobPriobskaya
Rostopchinextinct
Russian Draught
Russian Heavy DraughtRusskii Tyazhelovoz
Russkaya Krovnaya Verkhovayaextinct
Russian Trotter
Soviet Heavy DraughtSovetskii Tyazhelovoz
Soviet Saddle Horse
SrednekolymskSrednekolymskaya
TavdaTavdinskayaNorth Russian group
TerskTerskaya
TomskTomskayaextinct
Tori
TuvaTuvinskaya
Tuvinskaya Upryazhnayaextinct
Ukrainian Saddle HorseUkrainskaya Verkhovaya Porodnaya
Upper Yenisei HorseVerkhne-Eniseiskaya
VladimirVladimirskaya
Vladimir Heavy DraughtVladimirskaya Tyazhelovoznaya
Voronezh Coach HorseVoronezhskaya Upryazhnayaextinct
VyatkaVyatskaya
YakutYakutskaya
Žemaitukas