Olga Prokhorova, a livestock specialist strokes one of her Soviet Heavy Draft breed horses at the Voskhod farm outside the village of Taseevo, northeast of Krasnoyarsk October 4, 2014. The farm has a state certificate giving it permission to breed two types of horses, Russian Heavy Draft and Soviet Heavy Draft. These horses, descendants of medieval knightly horses, weigh more than 800 kg and are used for farm works all over Russia according to representative of the farm. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)
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