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Translation: from the book "Psy, Rasy the wychowanie" (the dog, breeds and education ") of 1989." .... In the times of the partitions of Poland did not exist any kenel club  in  Poland and also in the period between the World Wars no one cared to preserve the breed Chart Polski. Before the partitions of Poland, Polish Sighthounds existed in the south - east of Poland, that land of today's Ukraine. It can be assumed, therefore, that for two centuries ... the blood of the Polish Sighthound not to lapse contributing to the formation of a population of Sighthounds on this territory. In the literature hunting Tsar of Russia were often appointed Polish Sighthounds. Some cynologist Russian contemporaries, especially GWZotowa, N.Kapryszewa, W.Gusiew (Canine expert of All Russia) agree that the 'Ukrainian' chortaja borzaja "comes from the Polish Sighthounds. W. Gusiew in the official letter to the executive ZKWP (Polish Kennel club) and the  monthly Canine magazine "Pies" expressed the will of Russians  breeders to cooperate in the reconstruction of the breed Chart Polski and sent texts of the work of LP Sabaniejov and PM Maczewariov regarding the Polish Sighthound. In the monograph "Barsois" of WE Chadwicka published recently (1977), based on a publication of PMGubinin of 1896 is mentioned in second place of Sighthounds in Russia just Chart Polski (chort borzoi) characterized from hair rather short but with the brush of longer hair on the tail and back, predominantly dark color, even with black legs.  Maksymov, director of Russian Kennel club, in the letter to the Polish ZKWP (Russian Kennel Club)  wrotes, however, that in Russia that kind of hound is considered as a Russian breed and standard just approved with the name of "Chortaja borzaja". But then writes "... based on the descriptions, drawings and iconography" chortaja borzaja "is very similar to the chart Polski. Considering the proximity of Poland and ZSRR not rule out the common origin of these dogs." Leaving aside these different points of view on the membership of the breed, we must acknowledge that in the past the Polish Sighthounds existed in quantities on the lands of the Polish Crown and after partitions of Poland in the Russian Tsar was still called Chart Polski. Despite inaccuracies and contradictions of the descriptions past we can build an idea of ​​the ancient ancestors of the Chart Polski and take picture of the breed as the type of Sighthounds painting faithfully by J.Kossak. - Thanks to Ewa Troc for the translation from Polish-