Editing Simmental cattle (section)

=== Soviet Union ===

In the former [[Soviet Union]], the Simmental was the most important cattle breed. Russian Simmental (Симментальская корова) accounted for one-quarter of all cattle in the USSR. Through extensive crossbreeding, six strains were developed:<ref name="FAO/DAD-IS/Russia">Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations / Domestic Animal Diversity Information System: [http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=f7fee8d19c1e7897a74ee21f16f0f8e9,reportsreport8a_50002266 ″Simmentalskaya/Russian Federation.″]. Retrieved 3 July 2013.</ref>
* Steppe Simmental (Russian cattle × Simmental bulls)
* Ukrainian Simmental ([[Ukrainian Grey cattle|Grey steppe cattle]] × Simmental bulls)
* Volga Simmental ([[Kalmyk (cattle)|Central Russian Kalmyk]] and [[Kazakh (cattle)|Kazakh cattle]] × Simmental bulls)
* Ural Simmental ([[Siberian cattle|Siberian]] and [[Kazakh (cattle)|Kazakh cattle]] × Simmental)
* Siberian Simmental ([[Siberian cattle|Siberian]] and [[Buryat (cattle)|Buryat cattle]] × Simmental)
* Far Eastern Simmental ([[Transbaikal cattle|Transbaikal]] and [[Yakutian cattle]] × Simmental)
In 1990, there were 12,849,800 Simmental in the USSR. In 2003, the Simmental count in Russia stood at 2,970,400.<ref name="FAO/DAD-IS/Russia" />