Russian Blue – natural cat breed
This cat is a rare and precious. It is a natural breed, without being the result of man-directed selection. It is said that this cat would have been preferable for countries and Cossack warriors that used to start the battle with restless cats with claws on their backs. The first information about the race from is from1860, when she arrived in the UK brought by the ships arriving from the Russian port of Arkhangelsk, through the White Sea. World War II represents a period of stagnation in all breeds, the rare ones being right on the point of extinction. Race is held in growth as an ascending Englishwoman, and since the ’50s, a group of British and Scandinavian breeders try to save the race, calling the cross with twins blue point. In 1965 the results of the selection approaches to that of a standard before the First World War. In the U.S., the breed is registered with CFA in the early twentieth century until 1960 but rarely participated in exhibitions of cats
This race, by some authors, is based on the old cat Arkhangelsk, which was matted with blue conjoined twins and after a rigorous selection has managed to obtain a genetically, population , which was standardized in 1965.
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