Korobeinik (Russian: коробейник) was an occupation in the 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]
In popular culture
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 based on the poem.
References
- ^ . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
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