https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Equus_ferus_przewalskii_2.jpg "Vaska", the first Przewalski's horse from the wild to have reached Europe and the only of such who could be used for riding; photo from Askania Nova. Caught in 1899, he travelled to Europe via Kobdo (Mongolia). In 1900 he reached Askania Nova, a year later he was given to the Russian tsar and placed in Tsarskoye Selo, and after a few years given back to baron F. E. Falz-Fein to Askania Nova.
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"Vaska", the first Przewalski's horse from the wild to have reached Europe and the only of such who could be used for riding; photo from Askania Nova. Caught in 1899, he travelled to Europe via Kobdo (Mongolia). In 1900 he reached Askania Nova, a year later he was given to the Russian tsar and placed in Tsarskoye Selo, and after a few years given back to baron F. E. Falz-Fein to Askania Nova.
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