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Korobeinik

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Ofenya-korobeinik, Nikolay Koshelev, 1865

Korobeinik (Russian: коробейник) was an occupation in Russian empire, a petty peddler. The name comes from the word korob, a box, in which he carried the goods, usually haberdashery and small manufactured items around the countryside.[1]

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There is a Russian folk song "Korobeiniki" based on the poem of the same name by Nikolay Nekrasov.

In 1910 Vasily Goncharov made a 15 min. silent film [ru] based on the poem.

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  1. ^  "Коробейник" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.