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Encyclopedia > Laika (dog breed)
East Siberian Laika at a dog show in Poland
East Siberian Laika at a dog show in Poland

Laika (Russian: Лайка) is a generic name for several hunting dog breeds of Northern Russia and Siberia. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (768x1024, 135 KB) East Siberian Laika, bitch. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (768x1024, 135 KB) East Siberian Laika, bitch. ... A hunting dog refers to any dog who assists humans in hunting, or whose breed was originally developed to do so. ... Siberian Federal District (darker red) and the broadest definition of Siberia (red) Udachnaya pipe Siberia (Russian: , Sibir; Tatar: ) is a vast region of Russia constituting almost all of Northern Asia. ...

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The Laika breeds in international terminology

Fédération Cynologique Internationale uses the word Laika in the names of three standard breeds: Russian European Laika (FCI standard No. 304), West Siberian Laika (FCI 306), and East Siberian Laika (FCI 305), which had been bred from the aboriginal dogs of northern Russia and Siberia. Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) (English, World Canine Organization), is an international Kennel Club based in Thuin, Belgium. ... West Siberian Laika or Zapadno-Sibirskaia Laika is one of the four hunting Laika breeds established in Russia by the All-Union Cynological Congress of 1947 and registered by the Moscow Kennel Club. ... Siberian Federal District (darker red) and the broadest definition of Siberia (red) Udachnaya pipe Siberia (Russian: , Sibir; Tatar: ) is a vast region of Russia constituting almost all of Northern Asia. ...


The Karelo-Finnish Laika, not listed in the FCI nomenclature, is also a Russian breed, with the first standard published in Leningrad in 1936. It is a close relative of Finnish Spitz, as both breeds were bred from similar native dog populations.[1][2] Leningrad (Russian: Ленинград) may mean: St. ... A Finnish Spitz is a breed of dog originating in Finland. ...


The use of the word in Russia

Karelo-Finnish Laikas sleeping in a car after hunting. (Photo: Pavel Trofimov)
Karelo-Finnish Laikas sleeping in a car after hunting. (Photo: Pavel Trofimov)

The Russian word laika (Russian: лайка) is a noun derived from the verb layat (Russian: лаять, to bark), and literally means barker. As the name of a dog variety, it is used in Russian cynological literature (not only in Russian, but sometimes in English as well) to refer to all varieties of hunting dogs traditionally kept by the peoples of the northern Russia and adjacent areas. This includes not only the three or four breeds knows as Laikas in English, but also other standard breeds that FCI classifies together with them as the "Nordic Hunting Dogs" (Group 5, Section 2 of the FCI classification). [3] Image File history File links Karelo_Finnish_Laika_sleeping. ... Image File history File links Karelo_Finnish_Laika_sleeping. ... Cynology is the study of dogs. ...


Thus the Norwegian Elkhound (FCI 242 and 268) is known in Russian literature as Norwegian Elk Laika (норвежская лосиная лайка), and Finnish Spitz (FCI 49) as Finnish Bird Laika (финская птичья лайка). The Norwegian Elkhound is a Spitz-type breed of dog, specifically a member of the scent hound family. ... A Finnish Spitz is a breed of dog originating in Finland. ...


In Russia the word Laika is sometimes used less strictly, to refer not only to hunting dogs but also to the related sled dog breeds of the tundra belt, which FCI classifies as "Nordic Sledge Dogs". For example, Siberian Husky may be occasionally referred to as Yakut Laika (якутская лайка),[4] and Samoyed as Samoyed Laika (Самоедская лайка).[5] A hunting dog refers to any dog who assists humans in hunting, or whose breed was originally developed to do so. ... Sled dogs, known also as sleigh dogs, sledge dogs or sleddogs are a group of dogs that are used to pull a wheel-less vehicle on runners (a sled or sleigh) over snow or ice, by means of harnesses and lines. ... In physical geography, tundra is an area where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Yakuts, self-designation: Sakha, are a Turkic people associated with the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Samoyed The Samoyed dog takes its name from the Samoyedic peoples of Siberia. ...


Laika is also not an uncommon personal name for a Russian dog. The most famous bearer of this name was Laika the first dog in space; she also supposedly had some Laika blood. Laika, shown here in a harness, died from stress and overheating several hours after being launched into space. ...


See also

SPITZ (スピッツ) is a popular Japanese rock band that was formed in 1987, and consists of 4 members: Masamune Kusano (vocal, guitar, and songwriting), Tetsuya Miwa (guitar), Akihiro Tamura (bass guitar), and Tatsuo Sakiyama (drums). ...

References

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  1. ^ KARELO-FINNISH LAIKA
  2. ^ L.Gibet (Л. Гибет), "Karelo-Finnish Laika. The History of the Breed" (Карело-финская лайка. История породы). In "Okhota i Okhotnichye Khozjaystvo", 1993.
  3. ^ FCI - Breed nomenclature. Group 5, Spitz and Primitive types (English)
  4. ^ The Yakut Laika (Якутская лайка) Illustrated articles by Yakutsk husky enthusiats. Accessed 2006-10-31. (Russian)
  5. ^ Samoyed Laika (Самоедская лайка), a dog-breeder's site. Accessed 2006-10-31. (Russian)
  • Vladimir Beregovoy, Hunting Laika Breeds of Russia (English)
  • Maria Georgievna Dmitrieva-Sulima (Мария Георгиевна Дмитриева-Сулима), The Laika, and Hunting with Laika (Лайка и охота с ней). (2003, original edition 1911). Aquarium Book, ISBN 978-5-94838-125-1. (Russian)


 

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