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In the north of Russia, the interaction of peasant and town economy was especially important in the major trade centers on the White Sea, the Northern Dvina, and other rivers. For example Velikii Ustiug, at the confluence of the Northern Dvina and the Sukhona rivers, the main distribution point for goods from the region around the
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Boris Kustodiev, The Fair (or Holiday Market), 1906
Paper on cardboard, gouache
66.5 x 88.5
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Gusli playing
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burak
shaft-bow
cakes
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White Sea to both cenral Russia and Siberia boasted five big market squares and a huge mechantile hall (gostinyi dvor) with five trading rows, 240 kiosks, and many storage huts.
The annual trade fair, the Prokop'evskaya yarmarka, was held for three days in June. Merchants came from all over not only "to sell but to buy handwork and produce of peasants."
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