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I was told that the wild pigs around here are descended from Russian Boar that were imported by hunting clubs in the 1920s and escaped domestic pigs. From what I've seen, they are somewhat more Russian Boar than you might expect from the old and non-renewed gene pool. But I figure that those genes are probably better adapted to living and reproducing in the wild and get passed on disproportionally.
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You know, my father grew up in East Texas free ranging pigs. In fact, pigs have been free ranged since the French came through and were being free ranged in great quantities during Texas' colonial days. See post 28 here...
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthrea...free+range+hog
Also note that domestic pigs and Russian boars are the same species. Where do you think domestic pigs came from? You aren't likely to be able to identify anything "Russian" without genetic testing or exacting craniometrics. Strangely enough, the longer pigs have been feral (generations), the more "Russian" they look.
People want to claim things light leg length, tail curl, "Euro tooth", hair type, musculature, etc. as diagnostic traits of being Russian, but they aren't. Pigs are an extremely plastic species and many of the phenotypic traits we think make a hog "Russian" are simply traits found in various domestic breeds.