sentences:  The Vladimir was created at about the same time as the development of the Russian Heavy Draught in Ukraine.The foundations of the Vladimir breed were laid between 1886 and 1924.Initial breeding began at the stud farm of Gavrilov Posad, in Ivanovo Oblast, where local horses were cross-bred with imported Clydesdale stock, with some limited influence from Cleveland Bay, Percheron and Suffolk Punch.