BREED:
shorthair
Breeding organization BREED RECOGNISE:
GCCF, Fife, CFA, TICA
ORIGIN:
Her homeland is Russia.
According to legend, their dissemination dealt Catherine II. and the expedition is already married and the Vikings. Then the cats came to Europe (Great Britain). Extended selection is started taking away the "blue foreign (alien) species (type)" shorthair cats, and local k – "blue British type". In the USA, the Russian blue cat first appeared in 1900. There is a kind of longhaired Russian blue cat named "Nibelung". In the 40's of the 20th century these animals supplemented Siamese blood and its current appearance and had been in 1965. After World War II threatened with extinction cat. However, in the UK, but highly appreciated, and therefore take all measures to preserve the breed and its refinement and improvement.