Original vintage Soviet advertising poster with the main characteristics of the Borzoi Sighthounds as hunting dogs, designed by artist P. Y. Galkin for the Soviet Ministry of Agriculture and published in 1955, Moscow. The poster features drawings of three breeds of sighthounds - a Russian Steppe sighthound, a Russian long-haired sighthound, and a short-haired sighthound. Beneath the drawings, text details each breed’s characteristics and average size. Two further images show sighthounds running in a field chasing a wolf and chasing a fox in snow, and are accompanied by an anatomical drawing of a sighthound in profile. The poster features text promoting the use of Sighthounds as hunting dogs, praising their viciousness, agility, and vigilance, with the slogan - Improve the field skills of hunting dogs. This is the third in a series of 8 posters titled Hunting and Pastoral Dogs. The Borzoi also called the Russian Hunting Sighthound or Russian long-haired sighthound, is a sighthound hunting breed of domestic dog. They are descended from the working dogs of people who migrated from Central Asian countries to Russia prior to the 17th century. Poor condition, large paper losses, creasing, tears, staining. Country of issue: Russia, designer: P. Y. Galkin, size (cm): 50x67, year of printing: 1955