Sorochyntsi Fair or Sorochynsky Fair ( uk, Національний Сорочинський ярмарок, translit. ''Natsiolnal'nyi Sorochyns'kyi yarmarok'', russian: Сорочинcкaя яpмaркa, translit. ''Sorochinskaya yarmarka'') is a large fair held in the village of Velyki Sorochyntsi near Poltava in the

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(

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) of

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. It was held five times a year during the

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, then went into a 40-year moratorium during Soviet rule. It has been held annually since its revival after Ukraine became independent in 1991, except 2020. 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

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, rugs, Opishnya

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, as well theatrical performers who re-enact scenes of village life from famous Ukrainian stories. The August 2007 fair was opened by

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Viktor Yushchenko Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko ( uk, Віктор Андрійович Ющенко, ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. As an informal leader of th ...

.Traditional Sorochyntsi Fair officially opened in Velyki Sorochyntsi (Poltava region) today / News / NRCU
The historic Sorochyntsi Fair features in a number of Ukrainian and Russian works of literature and music, including "

The Fair at Sorochyntsi ''The Fair at Sorochyntsi'' (russian: Сорочинская ярмарка, ''Sorochinskaya yarmarka'', '' Sorochyntsi Fair'') is a comic opera in three acts by Modest Mussorgsky, composed between 1874 and 1880 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The compo ...

", a short story by Nikolai Gogol, and ''

'', an opera by

Modest Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( rus, link=no, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky , mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj, Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg; – ) was a Russian compo ...

References

External links

Sorochyntsi FairYakim Davydenko. In Sorochintsy at the fair. Photo essay. Kharkiv, Prapor, 1978

Photos of Sorochyntsi Fair 2010

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