Слобожанські ярмарки як елемент української народної культури

Abstract

From the very beginning of settlement, Slobozhanshchyna became an important center of economic, cultural and scientific development in Eastern Europe and played an important role in the formation of modern Ukrainian history, turning Kharkiv into a leading intellectual, industrial and cultural center. The features of fairs in the past are studied, and the continuation of traditions at the present time is traced.