Mbalamezi zidabzalidwa mwadala kuyambira 1898. Poyambirira, zimaganiziridwa kuti mtunduwo unafalikira ku chilumba cha Ukraine cha Crimea.
Panthawiyo, gulu lankhondo la Soviet lidapanga mitundu yakuthwa, yomwe iyenera kuteteza zida zankhondo zomwe zasiyidwa. Choncho, mtundu uwu wapanga ufulu wake wamphamvu ndi kufuna.
South Russian Ovcharka wakhala mtundu wodziwika bwino kuyambira 1930s.