Sweden - The early years
27.11.2023
History archive - Samoyed
International Samoyed Museum
This is for anyone who wants to research the breed
Here we collect images and texts that contribute to creating a historical archive about the breed. Many thanks to all of you who contributed to the narrowed material, writings and pictures.
This tab on the history of the breed Is structured like a blog with historical material about the breed. Text and images is structured by country, event such as the era of polar research, the time in Siberia, etc. Under the different subject lines, you will find a lot of larger image archives to browse.
If you have material that should be shared on this page, send it by e-mail to us and we will post it. Both as separate pictures and in a document (word + pdf) describing which dogs they, which year, country and the source
Responsible for cataloging and organizing the collected historical material: Camilla Nyström.
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Finland - The early years
27.11.2023
The first samoyed in Finland was Virkku I, imported from the Kola Peninsula by Selim Mäkelä/kennel Turjan in the 1890s. She was mated with the male Putsok, also from Russia, and she died in 1912 at 16 years of age. Kennel Turjan started the breeding with these two dogs, and ended in 1953 when Mr Mäkelä died.
Swiss - early dogs
27.11.2023
Hungary - early dogs
27.11.2023
The first samoyed kennel in Hungary: Királyréti
Austria - The early years
27.11.2023
Abouve: N I N U K - Stories.
Italy - The early yers
26.11.2023
Poland - The early years
26.11.2023
First samoyed in Poland 1933. The Polish dog breeding suffered the greatest losses in Europe after World War II. German and Soviet forces systematically destroyed materials associated with the Polish intelligentsia, leading to very few pre-war records surviving. Poland joined the FCI in 1939, just a few months before the German occupation.
The Netherlands - The early years
26.11.2023
Abowe: Mr. Wim Clay. He was a judge for 50 years. He has known Samoyeds from the age that he was a young man and after the second World War he helped to rebuilt the breed in the Netherlands. He also had contact with Ivy Kilburn Scott. Thanks to him we have still photos and articles from the first years....
Canada - The early years
26.11.2023
USA - the early years
25.11.2023
Ch. Snodahl's Budding Star. DOB Nov. 15, 1980 "Buddy"By Ch. Kondako's Nightwatch x Ch. Dancing Snowflake of SamarkaBuddy was linebred on Ch. Kondako's Dancing Bear. His sire, Nightwatch, was a Dancing Bear son. His dam, Snowflake, was a Sun Dancer daughter and a Dancing Bear granddaughter. I post this picture here because I don't think many people...