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Introduction

In: The Great Russian Fair

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  • Anne Lincoln Fitzpatrick

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While fairs in Western Europe ceased during the Middle Ages to play a dominant role in trade, Russian fairs, also of early origin, continued to serve a significant function in national commerce until the early years of the twentieth century. As late as the 1860s, fairs accounted for a substantial portion of Russia’s total commodity turnover,1 providing for the basic needs of her populace, uniting remote areas of the country and serving as a market for the products of her industry and agriculture. The reasons for the long-lived importance of these fairs stemmed from economic backwardness.

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  • Anne Lincoln Fitzpatrick, 1990. "Introduction," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Great Russian Fair, pages 1-13, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-20640-7_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-20640-7_1
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