04 Russian Blue Breed: History
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This article is from the Russian Blue Breed FAQ, by Eric Johnson JohnsonE@jupiter.dsu.edu with numerous contributions by others.
04 Russian Blue Breed: History
The Russian Blue is a natural breed (that is, it is not the result of
crossings with other breeds). As its name suggests, the Russian Blue
is believed to have originally come from Russia. Since the cat was
thought to have been brought to England on ships that left the Russian
port on Archangel Isle, the breed has been called the Archangel cat.
Although evidence of its Russian origin is anecdotal, its dense coat
is consistent with a northern climate. In England in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Russian Blue was
sometimes known as the Foreign Blue because its body type resembles
that of foreign (European) breeds; it has also been called the Maltese
cat.
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