Introduction

Anne Lincoln Fitzpatrick

A chapter in The Great Russian Fair, 1990, pp 1-13 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Keywords: Fair Trade; Early Nineteenth Century; Periodic Trade; Wholesale Trade; River Transport (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-20640-7_1

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