Moscow Water Dog - large dog breed
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The Moscow Water Dog, also known as the Moscow Diver, Moscow Retriever or Moskovsky Vodolaz, is a little-known dog breed derived from Newfoundland, Caucasian Shepherd Dog and East European Shepherd. It is now extinct but was used in the development of the Black Russian Terrier. The Moscow Water Dog was produced by the Red Star Kennels, a state-operated organization chartered to provide working dogs for armed services of the Soviet Union.
Moscow Water Dogs were breeding in Krasnaya Zvezda, Belarus, by interbreeding Newfoundland males with East European Shepherd and Caucasian Shepherd Dog females, and by mating the offspring with each other. They were developed as a water rescue/lifesaving dog.