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.
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Akhal-Teke
Ахалтекинская
Akhaltekinskaya[1]
Altai
Altaiskaya[1][2]
Amur
Amurskaya[1]
extinct
Anglo-Kabarda[1]
Avar
Avarskaya[1]
variant of Dagestani[3]
Balkar[1]
mountain variant of Kabardin[3]
Bashkir
Башкирская
Bashkirskaya[1][2]
Bityug[1]
extinct
Budyonny
Будённовская
Boudennovskaya[1]
Budennovskaya[2]
Buryat
Buryatskaya[1]
Baikal[3]
Zabaikal
Zabaykalskaya[1]
Byelorussian Harness Horse
Belorusskaya Uprazhnaya[2]
Byryatskaya[1]
Chara[3]
draught derivative of Altai[3]
Charysh[1]
derived from Altai[3]
Chernomor
Chernomorskaya[1]
extinct
Chilkov
Chilkovskaya[1]
extinct
Chumysh
Chumyshskaya[1]
derived from Altai[3]
Chuvash
Chuvashskaya[1]
extinct
Cossack[1]
extinct
Dagestani
Dagestanskii Poni[1]
Deliboz
Delibozskaya[1]
Don
Donskaya[1][2]
Estonian Heavy Draught
Estonskii Tyazhelovoz[1]
Estonian Native
Mestnaya Estonskaya[2]
Hutsul[2]
Iomud
Iomudskaya[2]
Kabarda
Kabardinskaya[1][2]
Kalmyk
Kalmutskaya[1]
Karabair
Karabairskaya[2]
Karabakh
Karabakhskaya[2]
Karachay
Karachaevskaya[1]
Karelian
Karel'skaya[1]
North Russian group, extinct[3]
Kazakh
Kazakhskaya[2]
Kumyk
Kumykskaya[1]
variant of Dagestani[3]
Kushum
Kushumskaya[1][2]
Kustanai
Kustanaiskaya[2]
Kuznetsk[2]
Кузнецкая
Kuznetskaya[1]
Latvian horse
Latviiskaya[2]
Lezgian
Lezginskaya[1]
variant of Dagestani[3]
Lithuanian Heavy Draught
Litovskaya Tyazhelovoznaya[2]
Lokai
Lokaiskaya[2]
Lovets
Lovetskaya[1]
extinct
Mezen
Mezenskaya[1]
North Russian group[3]
Minusinsk[1]
extinct
Narym[1]
Нарымская
Narymskaya
Novoaltaiskaya[1]
Novokirghiz
Novokirgizskaya[2]
Obva[1]
extinct
Onega[1]
North Russian group, extinct[3]
Orlov Trotter
Russian: Орловский Рысак
Orlovskii Rysak[1]
Russian: Орловская Рысистая
Orlovskaya Rysistaya[2]
Orlovskaya Courser[1]
Orlovskaya Verkhovaya[1]
extinct
Pechora
Pechorskaya[1]
North Russian group[3]
Priob
Priobskaya[1]
Rostopchin[1]
extinct
Russian Draught[1]
Russian Heavy Draught
Russkii Tyazhelovoz[1]
Russkaya Krovnaya Verkhovaya[1]
extinct
Russian Trotter[1]
Russian: Русский Рысак
Russkii Rysak[1]
Russian: Ру́сская Рыси́стая
Russkaya Rysistaya[2]
Orlov-American Trotter
Soviet Heavy Draught
Sovetskii Tyazhelovoz[1]
Soviet Saddle Horse[1]
Srednekolymsk
Srednekolymskaya[1]
Tavda
Tavdinskaya[1]
North Russian group[3]
Tersk
Terskaya[1][2]
Tomsk
Tomskaya[1]
extinct
Tori
Toriyskaya[1]
Toriiskaya[2]
Tuva
Tuvinskaya[1]
Tuvinskaya Upryazhnaya[1]
extinct
Ukrainian Saddle Horse
Ukrainskaya Verkhovaya Porodnaya[1]
Upper Yenisei Horse[3]
Verkhne-Eniseiskaya[1]
Vladimir
Vladimirskaya[1]
Vladimir Heavy Draught
Vladimirskaya Tyazhelovoznaya[1]
Voronezh Coach Horse[3]
Voronezhskaya Upryazhnaya[1]
extinct
Vyatka
Vyatskaya[1][2]
Yakut
Yakutskaya[1][2]
Žemaitukas
Жемайтская
Zhemaichu
Zhmudskaya[2]
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