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  Don Horse Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Don Cossacks did not become farmers and were not rooted to the land; their life determined the kind of horse they most valued and they played a major role in defining the traits of their horses.
By mid-century over half the horses in the Don steppes were direct descendants of the original Don horses; that number dropped by half by the end of the century.
A systematic government-sponsored breeding program centered in the Rostov area revived the breed in the thirties and forties and the Don continued to serve in the Russian military until the cavalry was disbanded in 1954.
www.imh.org /imh/bw/don.html   (868 words)

  
 Russian Don - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Russian Don is a breed of horse named after the steppes region of Russia where the Don River flows.
The Don is usually chestnut or brown with a golden metallic sheen reminiscent of their Akhal-Teke ancestry.
The Don probably originated in the 18th and 19th centuries from crosses between the Mongolian horses and the Turkoman Horse, Karabakh, Akhal-Teke and Orlov Trotter stallions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Russian_Don   (301 words)

  
 Breeds of Livestock - Russian Don Horse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Russian Don Horse serves superbly both in harness and under saddle.
The breed originated in the area near the Don and Volga Rivers in the southern Soviet Union.
The Don Horse, a native of the Soviet Union, gained its name from the region near the Don River where it has been bred since the 1700's.
www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/horses/russiandon/index.htm   (366 words)

  
 How to protect yourself from Russian Dating scams
This fact gives the young Russian woman a reason to look 'somewhere else', because they are afraid that when the Russian men is ready for marriage, there will be not enough men for her to 'choose'.
For the Russian women, this is not an acceptable situation or future she is waiting for.
Russian women are in general high educated persons and hard workers and they also want to use their education in a normal economical atmosphere.
www.russian-women-info.com /russian-scam.htm   (8579 words)

  
 A guide for those who look for Russian women at Russian Foods .com
The reasons why Russian women dare to look for a foreign husband are simple, but not easy: a woman still hopes to have an honest, responsible man who will treat her with respect and attention.
Russian woman doesn't expect diamonds or pearls, but if someone comes to date without even the cheapest flowers or pays the bill separately, he is condemned to great disgust.
Russian women are like Cinderella, you need to fall in love with a kitchen-maid and a wonderful charming princess will give you her heart and life forever.
www.russianfoods.com /russian-women/_editorial00002/default.asp   (603 words)

  
 Gates to the Caucasus -- Rostov-on-Don
The coasts, mouth of the Don river and a very wide steppe of the river are well known for already several thouthand years.
Don was called Thanais (the stress is on the pre-last syllabus: Tha-na-is) by Greeks.
The patience of Russians was lost (it's a generic rule, by the way) upon 1735: Russia started a new war with Austria as an ally.
www.ibiblio.org /sergei/Exs/Rostov-on-Don/rostov.html   (1170 words)

  
 The Russian Parliamentary Election Campaign: A growing Tolerance for Extreme Nationalism
Mirzoyev, president of the Russian Guild of Defense Lawyers, is Jewish and an active member of the Moscow Jewish community.
In 1996, when Russian President Boris Yeltsin was seeking re-election, his campaign strategists managed to rally a significant part of society around the incumbent by drawing a dark portrait of the revenge-seeking Communists.
It is more about being evaluating the extent to which Russian society is sensitive to hate propaganda and other issues of concern to the nation’s many minorities.
www.adl.org /backgrounders/RussianParliament99_12_8.asp   (1408 words)

  
 CentralPets.com - Russian Don Page (Printer Friendly Version)
The Russian Don is a fairly large animal best known as the mount of the Cossack Cavalry in the former Soviet Union.
Russian Don's are well known in their capacity as an endurance racer.
The Russian Don is a very old breed even for a domesticated animal: the Cossacks settled on the Don River in the 14th century, first escaping from serfdom and then defending the Crown against nomads attacking Russia's steppes.
centralpets.com /php/PrintFriendly.php?AnimalNumber=489   (648 words)

  
 Russian women dating services
Please be aware that all large Russian dating agencies based in the U.S. are aware of this problem and request that their clients provide the names of any Russian women who ask for money.
Russian women with a child are far more realistic about their chances in the Russian dating arena.
Russian children are so wonderful, well behaved and adapt extremely well to western society and excel in education.
www.russian-women.com /A00096-03.cfm   (300 words)

  
 Men's questionnaire for finding a Russian woman for marriage
It is very important (especially for Russian women) that from the moment she is living with you in your country, that she wants to do something useful.
Russian women don't like to do nothing, in fact they are 'hard workers' and they like that.
Russian women are no 'aliens', but they do have a different culture than (Western countries) have.
www.russian-women-info.com /questionnaire.htm   (1777 words)

  
 Russian Food   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Russian salads are mixed salads like potato salad or macaroni salad, but come in much more variety.
When you bring a Russian woman to America, one of the best things you can do for her is to find a Russian store selling the delicacies that she loves.
Russians typically put small plates on the table, rather than large ones that Americans are used to.
www.russian-luv.com /food.html   (1574 words)

  
 Press: You don’t know Russian Jack   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
At Russian Jack Springs, the park on Anchorage’s east side, a park worker answers the phone and explains that Russian Jack was an Anchorage pioneer — a trapper who built a cabin and homesteaded the area of today’s park while the town was still a five-mile hike away.
Jacob Marunenko was born in the Ukraine in 1883 and appears on Alaska census rolls as Jack Marchin in 1920.
Russian Jack lost the election but was named prince of the events as a consolation prize; as such, he helped preside over the Mardi Gras Ball at the Aleutian Gardens nightclub, whose attractions included “Beautiful Girls in the Sensational Arctic Strip Tease.”
www.anchoragepress.com /archives/documentded8-2.html   (1351 words)

  
 ::Brides of Russia agency:: Russian Women, Charming Russian Ladies, Beautiful Russian Brides
And Russian scammers don't bother trying to get on our network when they can join a free site with an anonymous email address and wait for the flood of emails from inexperienced simpletons.
Russian women are more interested in how well you will treat them than in how old you are.
We believe it might be nice to send your very first letter to a Russian woman in her native language and ask her if it is O.K. to send future correspondence in English or another language of your choice.
www.a-russian-bride.net /faq.shtml   (4001 words)

  
 Russian Atlanta Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Russian hosts prepare for company by cooking their best dishes and buying delicacies that they normally wouldn't for themselves.
A Russian saying, otdat' poslyednyuyu rubashku (aht-daht' pahs-lyed-nyu-yu roo-bahsh-koo; to give away one's last shirt), makes the point that you have to be giving, no matter what the expense for yourself.
Russians aren't offering something because they want to get rid of it; they're offering because they want to do something nice for you.
www.russianatlanta.net /Forums/link.asp?TOPIC_ID=13492   (2044 words)

  
 Interesting Facts about Women in Russia and Women's Rights -- WayToRussia.Net Guide to Russia
As far as Russian women go...I am whole heartedly in support some of the best women in the world are Russian.
All societies have their negative points, Russia is no different, but I have found the Russian people to be some of the best I have ever met.
Answer: It's very easy - every Russian citizen has a Russian passport and if he or she is married there will be a stamp confirming the marriage (date, ZAGS number, and name of spouse).
www.waytorussia.net /WhatIsRussia/Women/Facts.html   (1684 words)

  
 Russian Realities - Council on Foreign Relations
And Western businessmen don't care whether the oil company they invest in is controlled by the Russian state or by (Putin's term) an "appointed billionaire." They may even prefer the former.
The Bush administration may wish it weren't so, but whether Russian democrats are swept off the national political stage could depend on how Putin reads foreign reaction to the Khodorkovsky affair.
In Moscow in the past year, however, the biggest boosters of cooperation with Washington have been the same figures who were the biggest losers in the past month: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, now in jail, and Alexander Voloshin, the ousted presidential chief of staff.
www.cfr.org /publication/6544/russian_realities.html   (1110 words)

  
 Russian Tea HOWTO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Russians disagree as to whether the pot should be wet or dry.
Russians use a special hemispheric metallic net for this purpose ("sitechko"), which is hung from the spout of the pot.
The immersion heater (Russian term: "kipyatil'nik") is one of the most frequent reasons for expelling hackers (esp. Russians, since many of them are notorious tea addicts) from dormitories for fire safety violations, second, perhaps, only to the soldering iron.
www.mast.queensu.ca /~nagydani/rth/Russian-tea-HOWTO-v2.html   (7169 words)

  
 Orlin Cats - Russian Don Sphynx Cats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
As a breed, the Russian Don Sphynx cat is very intelligent compared to other cat breeds.
The Russian Don Sphynx cat is genetically born hairless.
The foundation female of the two Russian Hairless breeds (known as the Don Sphynx/Don Hairless and Petersburg Sphynx/Peterbald) was a blue tortie cat named Varya, who was rescued by Irina Kovalyova.
www.orlincats.ca   (503 words)

  
 Why do Russian women marry foreigners? at Russian Foods .com
Almost 80 % Russian women mean the availability of a nice bank account by the happy marriage.
The other problem is, many men who exist in Russian culture often practice promiscuity, believe they should be allowed to have as many mistresses as they want and are often emotionally and physically abusive.
In fact, Russian women, despaired in the reality of Russian society are very brave and adventurous, as they have courage to face a new life, full of handicaps and misunderstanding, but a getaway to the made-up paradise.
www.russianfoods.com /russian-women/_editorial0000600032/default.asp   (775 words)

  
 Equine Kingdom - Russian Don (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Russian Don horse is excellent both in harness and under saddle.
This bred originated in the area near the Don and Volga Rivers, in the southern Soviet Union.
The Russian Don has a refined head with a straight, sometimes hooked nose with large nostrils and eyes.
www.equinekingdom.com.cob-web.org:8888 /breeds/light_horses/russian_don.htm   (216 words)

  
 Russian women abroad index
Firstly, you may have a feeling that your Russian friend is very different from the image she created in her letters.
During your stay, your Russian friend will prefer to spend all of your evenings in night-clubs or restaurants, instead of spending “quality time” together with you getting to know each other (don’t confuse this with her attempting to be hospitable and showing you the town);
Also, I wish to assure you that if your Russian friend will be willing to have sex with you on the first date, it does not prove anything.
www.russianwomenabroad.com /goeswrong.html   (1155 words)

  
 Voices: Integrating Russian speakers in Latvia - Europe - International Herald Tribune
Tatiana Kaspere, 43, a Russian clerk in a market in Riga, says she feels like she will never belong in the small Baltic country.
She says she is not a citizen and feels offended that she was born in Latvia and has to go through a naturalization process.
She says she has no problem with the Russian sellers, who dominate the market, but adds that they should embrace Latvian culture or leave.
www.iht.com /articles/2006/11/16/europe/web.1116latviaquotes.php   (866 words)

  
 Crosswalk.com - Russian Lawmakers Don't Trust US-Made Computer Software
Currently, more than 90 percent of all the software used by the Russian government was of foreign origin, they said.
Russian analysts and media have few doubts that U.S. software is the primary target.
Russian teams won five of the 12 medals at a recent global programming championship sponsored by the U.S.-based Association for Computing Machinery.
www.crosswalk.com /news/1396776.html   (576 words)

  
 Russian Translation Service - English to Russian Translation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
You probably don't speak Russian yourself, so there are a few questions you'll need to consider when choosing a translation company.
To ensure our translators keep abreast of the language our Russian translators live in-county and translate into their mother tongue.
Professional translators whose native language is English and speak fluent Russian perform our Russian to English translation.
www.appliedlanguage.com /languages/russian_translation.shtml   (488 words)

  
 Don Sphynx in USA
First matings of Don Hairless cats with Oriental/Siamese cats were started in St.Petersburg and in Moscow in 1993.
They were the result of outcrossing a very classy tortie oriental female (Radma von Jagerhof) with a brown mackerel tabby Don Hairless male (Afinogen Myth), whose bone structure was a bit light, but who had a wedge-shaped head.
The litters from such matings were considered to be Don Hairless, but some of the kittens were rather elegant, and we used them in our breeding program for Peterbalds.
hometown.aol.com /donsphynx/myhomepage/cat.html   (1575 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Russian I: Pimsleur Comprehensive: Books: Pimsleur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
But since Russian is a complex language, a lot of time has to be spent working on single words and how they change according to their role in the sentence.
After 4 days with the Quick and Simple set of CDs, I was able to invite a Russian girl to go to a hotel with me. And she said I spoke Russian quite well.
Buy a Russian dictionary so you can look up some of the words that may be hard to hear well because they have too many soft consonants, such as the word for "beer".
www.amazon.com /Russian-I-Pimsleur-Comprehensive/dp/0671315951   (2672 words)

  
 Red Square Black Russian Terriers
I traveled to Nitra because it was the host city for the 1st International show and symposium for the Black Russian Terrier and seventeen countries were represented.
To ride a TROIKA, (sleigh drawn by three horses) through the Russian country side with my Russian fur cap and a little of the local Vodke is out of a scene from Doctor Zhivago.
Accepted into the AKC as of July 1, 2004, the Black Russian Terrier is an outstanding breed, but the BRT is a high maintenance dog.
www.mistylakespetresort.com /black_russian_terriers.htm   (745 words)

  
 Russian women like romance
She also had some rather sarcastic advice to give to potential suitors (evidently caused by bad date experiences in the past!): carry more money in your pocket than the cost of a metro token, don't expect to charm Russian women while you are drunk, forget about your deep passion for computers or cars.
As Bezouglyi put it, the majority of Russian women "are still very much dependent on their boyfriends or husbands.
It's kind of hard to be a Russian woman these days because you not only have to be responsible for your family, financially and emotionally, you also very often find yourself being the only one who brings the money home, and Russian women do expect that...
www.russian-women.com /A00098.cfm   (328 words)

  
 Spain: Don't Ignore Russian Abuses in Chechnya (Human Rights Watch, 2-4-2002)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Russian government insists that Chechnya is returning to normal, and has refused to establish a national commission to investigate charges of serious abuses by Russian troops against Chechen civilians.
Tracking the conduct of Russian forces in six military sweep operations between August and December 2001 alone, the Human Rights Watch briefing paper documents nine forced disappearances and five cases of the indiscriminate use of force.
The Russian authorities pressure them to return to Chechnya, but the majority remains in Ingushetia, in conditions of squalor, insecurity, and uncertainty.
www.hrw.org /press/2002/04/spain040202.htm   (864 words)

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