Russian Short Hair Cat

As majestic as beautiful, the Russian cat of short hair is considered by many breeders of cats as the perfect cat of interior. The breed had its origins near the White Sea, in the north of Russia, and was introduced in the Great Britain during the XIX.th century. Though it was already known in North America in 1900. Original cap did not manage to be consolidated there up to the decade of 1950. The original coat was blue and it is, preferred by the traditionalists, but also they are white and black, especially in Europe and in New Zealand.

Basically, the Russian cat is a type of foreign or oriental cat. He is of agile complexion, with a thinner osseous structure and a longer head, in the shape of wedge, than other cats of short hair. The Russian of short hair, in spite of his popularity, almost becoming extinct during the second world war, but they recovered crossing Finnish blue cats with Siamese of blue tops. This technology was adopted by the British breeders and gave as result an extremely foreign aspect. The standard of exhibition was re-elaborated in 1965 to foment the recovery of the original type of the Russian Blue Cat.