Siberians were shown in Russian in 1987 at the first cat show in Leningrad. Two cat clubs Kotofei and Kis organized it. This is the actual beginning of recorded breeding of Siberians in Russia. With the fall of the iron curtain and the end of the cold war between Russia and the United States, the doors opened for the
Siberian cat to be imported to the United States.
The first breeding Siberians were introduced in the United States in 1990. Elizabeth Terrell imported the initial disorder. They arrived June 28, 1990. Their names were KALIOSTRO VASENJKOVICH Starpoint, Ofelia Romanova and Naina Romanova of Starpoint Starpoint.
All the Siberians imported for the first time stamped "Kotofei 'to prove they were the Siberians and recognized by the Russian club. Club breed in Siberia for the first time the U.S. was TAIGA Siberian breed club. He launched in November 1992. It was created to promote the Siberian and work on getting the breed recognized by all agencies of the cat saving the United States. The Siberians were first presented to the Committee on Freedom of Association in March 1994 but were not accepted into the miscellaneous class. CFA accepted into the class of several in May 2000.
The Siberian Cat Club was formed to encourage Siberians in the CFA and the recognition of the status of temporary (2005) and then the championship status (2006). Siberian Huskies are known for the championship in all registries in the United States.
Siberia is a cat, that nature is designed to cope without the extreme type. Siberians are a natural breed, and are unforgiving climate of Siberia as well as in cities and on farms in Russia. Siberians have been documented in Russia 1000 years. Were needed to protect grain and other products from little rascals, such as Russia was an agricultural country. Siberian mentioned in Russian fairy tales.
Shopkeepers in Moscow were known to compete with each other over whose cat was the biggest and thickest. Russian people like cats and most children in Russia grew up with a kitten and the favorite cat was and still is the
Siberian cats. President Gorbachov had a Siberian named Murat for a pet. Dmitry Medvedev, the current President of Russia, has a colorpoint Siberian for a pet.
