It seems that the Tarpan phenotype is not uncommon in Russia and Ukraine at historic times.

In Kiev, (Institute of Archeology collections).
- From Vyshgorod (X° AD) there are upper cheek teeth with very short protocones
- From Voijn (XI°-XIII° AD) one metacarpal resembles the type Tarpan.
- From Shchuchinka (XII° AD) one metacrapal is almost identical to the type Tarpan.

In Iakutsk one cranium (XVIII° AD) is almost identical to the type Tarpan.