Rysakov biography

How Russia created the Oryol trunks largely thanks to them, the years of the reign of Catherine II became the golden age of the Russian Empire. Today we will dwell on the third largest brother - Alexei Grigoryevich - he was the most energetic and active of all Orlovs. Orlov, an Orlov-medium soldier of the Life Guards of the Preobrazhensky regiment. And in the palace coup in the summer of the year, he and his brother Gregory played a decisive role.

For merits to Empress, Alexei received gifts, money, influence, count title and rank of Major General. It was he who developed military operations against Turkey. For the defeat of the Turkish squadron in the Battle of Chesmens in July, he was able to join the title “Chesmensky” to his surname. The count also distinguished himself in the field of diplomatic affairs - his role in the operation to deliver to Russia adventurer Elizabeth Tarakanova is well known.

The death of Catherine the Great put an end to the participation of Orlov in state affairs. Unlike his brother Gregory, Alexei did not drink, did not be confused, but devoted himself to the work that had long been interested in. In his estate in the Voronezh province, he took up the breeding of horses of a special exterior. The love of horses was long. Even earlier, at the command of Catherine Alexei Grigoryevich, the best stallions and mares were delivered from all state -owned reinforces.

After the war with the Turks, he received the best trophy horses. He had tribal stallions from Turkey, Egypt and Arabia. He managed to buy from the Turkish sultan of the Arabic horse Smetanka. In addition to the rapid Arab horses, the ancestors of the Oryol breed were Dutch, Danish and English horses. It was they who gave the breed strength and growth. It is believed that the ancestor of the breed was Bars I, the grandson of Smetanka, the son of the Dutch mare Frisian breed.

The count himself traveled on it, experienced. Orlov believed that the new breed should overcome long distances, that in the conditions of the vast Russian Empire was the most important task. Fans of fast driving, which Gogol wrote about, always tried to put the central horse in the remes in the three of the Oryol trot. He fled to a trot, setting the pace to the rest of the horses.

From the year, the records of a trot 'run are constantly recorded. The Orlov Rysak goby overcame the goby in 5 minutes and 45 seconds. International glory came to the Oryol trotes in the year, it was then at the Vincennese Hippodrome in France the Oryols Pitomets and the vulnerable to the Norman breed went around all the favorites of the Norman breed. The most famous Russian trotter was Robysh, who set records in races for a mile, 3.4 and 4.5 versts.

It was he who received a lot of prizes and was called the "horse of the century." In the year, the famous director Alexander Zguridi shot the film "Stropysh". Alexey Grigoryevich Orlov created the first hippodrome in Russia - and not for the development of totalizers, but to improve the running qualities of horses. After the death of the count, his business was successfully continued by her daughter Anna.

Oryol traditions have not forgotten in the twentieth century. Fortunately, Soviet power also needed good horses. Today, the Khrenovskaya horse factory of the Voronezh region continues to be the largest dilution of the Oryol trotes. They were and remain the pride of our Fatherland.