Sorochyntsi Fair
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Sorochyntsi Fair or Sorochynsky Fair ' onMouseout='HidePop("85147")' href="/topics/Romanization_of_Ukrainian">translit.
Natsiolnal'nyi Sorochyns'kyi yarmarok, , translit.
Sorochinskaya yarmarka) is a large fair
held in the village of Velyki Sorochyntsi
near Poltava
in the Myrhorodskyi Raion
(district
) of Ukraine
.
It was held five times a year during the Russian Empire
, then went into a 40-year moratorium during Soviet rule. It is now held annually since its revival after Ukraine gained its independence.
Following a Presidential Decree of August 18, 1999, the fair holds the status of Ukraine's national trade fair.
The fair is a large showcase for traditional handicrafts made by skilled craftsmen, including Reshetilivka embroidery, rugs, Opishnya ceramics, as well theatrical performers who re-enact scenes of village life from famous Ukrainian stories. The August 2007 fair was opened by Ukrainian President
Viktor Yushchenko
.
The historic Sorochyntsi Fair features in a number of Russian works of literature and music, including "The Fair at Sorochintsï"
, a short story by Nikolai Gogol
, and The Fair at Sorochintsï
, an opera by Modest Mussorgsky.
Romanization of Ukrainian
The romanization or Latinization of Ukrainian is the representation of the Ukrainian language using Latin letters. Ukrainian is natively written in its own Ukrainian alphabet, a variation of Cyrillic....
Natsiolnal'nyi Sorochyns'kyi yarmarok, , translit.
Romanization of Russian
Romanization of the Russian alphabet is the process of transliterating the Russian language from the Cyrillic alphabet into the Latin alphabet...
Sorochinskaya yarmarka) is a large fair
Fair
A fair or fayre is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. It is normally of the essence of a fair that it is temporary; some last only an afternoon while others may ten weeks. ...
held in the village of Velyki Sorochyntsi
Velyki Sorochyntsi
Velyki Sorochyntsi is a village in the Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. It can be translated as the Grand Sorochyntsi. The village is located in the Myrhorodsky Raion of the oblast, at around , and is famous as both the birthplace of the great writer Nikolai Gogol and the location of the...
near Poltava
Poltava
Poltava is a city in located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Poltava Oblast , as well as the surrounding Poltava Raion of the oblast. Poltava's estimated population is 298,652 ....
in the Myrhorodskyi Raion
Myrhorodskyi Raion
Myrhorodskyi Raion is a raion in the central Ukrainian province of Poltava. The raion's administrative center is the city of Myrhorod, which has a separate administrative status within the oblast'....
(district
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
) of Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
.
It was held five times a year during the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
, then went into a 40-year moratorium during Soviet rule. It is now held annually since its revival after Ukraine gained its independence.
Following a Presidential Decree of August 18, 1999, the fair holds the status of Ukraine's national trade fair.
The fair is a large showcase for traditional handicrafts made by skilled craftsmen, including Reshetilivka embroidery, rugs, Opishnya ceramics, as well theatrical performers who re-enact scenes of village life from famous Ukrainian stories. The August 2007 fair was opened by Ukrainian President
President of Ukraine
Prior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...
Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko is a former President of Ukraine. He took office on January 23, 2005, following a period of popular unrest known as the Orange Revolution...
.
The historic Sorochyntsi Fair features in a number of Russian works of literature and music, including "The Fair at Sorochintsï"
The Fair at Sorochintsï (short story)
The Fair at Sorochyntsi is the first story in the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Ukrainian-born Russian writer Nikolai Gogol...
, a short story by Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist and novelist.Considered by his contemporaries one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in Gogol's work a fundamentally romantic sensibility, with strains of Surrealism...
, and The Fair at Sorochintsï
The Fair at Sorochintsï
The Fair at Sorochyntsi is a comic opera in three acts by Modest Mussorgsky, composed between 1874 and 1880 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The composer wrote the libretto, which is based on Nikolay Gogol's short story of the same name, from his early collection of Ukrainian stories Evenings on a...
, an opera by Modest Mussorgsky.