1888
Count Sergei Alexandrovich Stroganov acquires two Arabian stallions and nine mares during a trip to Syria and the North Arabian Desert.
1889
In the course of the trip to the East with his sister Olga and her husband Prince Shcherbatov, Count Sergei Alexandrovich Stroganov makes a life-defining decision to form the “Grafsky Khutor Stud” at the foot of Mount Zmeyka in the city of Mineralnye Vody.
1899
The Stud already had 9 sires and 21 dams. In total, together with the young animals, the Stud housed 66 Arabian purebred horses.