Korobeinik

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] 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.