Mary Allen
Borzoi yakabva kuRussia uye zita rayo rinoreva "kukurumidza". Kare muzana remakore rechi14 nerechi15, borzoi yaiberekerwa kuti ivhime tsuro, makava, uye mapere. Rudzi urwu rwaitombozivikanwa sembwa yenyika yeRussia kusvika munenge muna 1914. Vakapfumisa kuvhima kwepamusoro kwevakuru nemazana emhuka dzerudzi rwavo uye kazhinji vaionekwa semhando dzakakurumbira muhunyanzvi.
Munguva yeKumukira kweRussia, dzinenge imbwa dzese dzevakuru dzakaparadzwa, izvo zvakaita kuti borzoi iparare muRussia. Sezvo rudzi urwu rwakanga rwatove nemukurumbira panguva iyoyo, kwaive nevapfuri vekuEngland neUSA vaive vatanga kupinza nekupfuya rudzi urwu.
Rudzi urwu rwainzi Russian Wolfhound kuUS kusvika 1936 apo yakazopihwa zita rekuti Borzoi (kubva paizwi rechiRussian rokuti "borzyi" rinoreva "kukurumidza"). Rudzi urwu rwakazivikanwa neFCI kubvira 1956.