In 1897 the initial flock of karakul sheep was exported from Bukhara to Austria. The pedigree sheep were bought for a further breeding by the livestock rearing sub-faculty of the High School of Agriculture in Vienna. Under the leadership of L.Adamtz the important discoveries which laid the foundation of the world wide karakul sheep breeding were made there. In 1903 the studies of karakul sheep were initiated by the Institute of live-stock rearing under the Galle University in Germany. Professor Julius Kune explored two problems: which factor determs a unique tracery, or curlicue, of karakul (a heredity or a habitat), and is there any possibility to preserve the qualities of karakul curls in interbreeding the karakul sheep and others? The investigations have been conducted for many years. The results contended, that the maintenance of appropriate conditions of karakul sheep keeping makes it possible to breed them in any climate. Researchers also exposed several strains of sheep, whose half-breeds had got such high quality of curls as karakul sheep had, and their adaptability to local conditions was even higher than that of pure-blooded karakul sheep. The results of investigations have given a powerful incentive to the wide spreading of karakul sheep in the world. The idea to creat the new prospective branch of farming has come into existence. In order to realize the idea of karakul sheep breeding, the decision (solution) to use some colonial territories, belonging to Germany – South-West Africa (from 1968-Namibia) has been made. Govenour of South-West Africa Von Lindequist was personally engaged in the project. He has carefully examined the problem and visited Vienna to discuss the possibilities and the prospects of African karakul sheep breeding with L. Adamtz . From the very beginning of a selective work the main technological innovation was not only to describe any pedigree sheep in a written form, but also to take a photo of it that may give a clear view of quality and tracery of its curls. During many years A.D. Thompson had been the leader of pedigree activities at the Neudam farm-station. At the end of the 1920-ies he had raised the flat and moiré sorts of karakul. By 1930 the number of karakul fells delivered from South-West Africa had already been reached the level of about 1.5 million pieces. Besides South-West Africa pedigree sheep from Germany and Austria created the bases for karakul sheep breeding in Argentina, Spain, Uruguay, Turkey, Portugal, Romania and in more than 25 other countries in the world.

The year of 978- the first record of karakul (the book “Ways and Countries” by Arabian traveller Ibn Khaukal).

1897 - The initial flock of karakul sheep was exported from Bukhara to Vienna with the purpose of further studying and breeding at High School of Agriculture.

1898 - The first world exhibition of karakul in Vienna.

1907 - The delivery of karakul sheep to South-West Africa. The flock has become the foundation for the new sort of karakul – “swakara”.

1922-1924 - The basmach troops retreating from Turkestan brought a lot of karakul sheep to Afghanistan. They served as a basis for an Afghanian sort of karakul.

1928 - The first state farm for karakul sheep breeding was organized in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. The farm was called “MUBAREK”.

1930 - The USSR started exporting karakul.

 1967 - The First International Symposium of karakul breeders was held in Vienna (Austria).

1971 - The Second International Symposium of karakul breeders took place in Pyatra-Nyamtse (Romania).

1975 - The Third International Symposium of karakul breeders in Samarkand (the USSR).

1980 - According to the data, presented by the UN, the world live-stock of karakul sheep was about 31.5 million beasts. The volume of the world market of karakul fells was about 18 million piecies: Afghanistan produced 2-2.5 million, Namibia – 3.5-4 million, the USSR – 7 million (4 million of that number were sold on the internal market).

2005 - Karakul became the most fashionable fur of the season. The articles of clothing and trimmings made of karakul were demonstrated in the collections of such leading Houses as Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, J. Mendel, Valentino, Missoni, Michael Kors, Jean Paul Gaultier, Louts Vuitton, Roberto Cavalli, Prada and others.