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Also known as Chortaj

The Chortai, sometimes spelt Chortaj, is a breed of sighthound from Ukraine and Russia.

Key facts

Dog breed.name
Chortai
Dog breed.image
Hortaya Borzaya.jpg
Dog breed.altname
ChortajEastern GreyhoundRussian Greyhound
Dog breed.stock
Krymstaja & Gorskaja (both extinct)
Dog breed.country
Ukraine, Russia

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Instance of
dog breed
Country of origin
Ukraine
Image
Hortaya Borzaya.jpg
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The Chortai, sometimes spelt Chortaj, is a breed of sighthound from Ukraine and Russia.

The Chortai is said to resemble a cross between a Greyhound and a short haired Borzoi, being a quite heavily built running hound but nevertheless displaying typical sighthound features.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chortai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.