"Korobeiniki" (Russian: Коробейники) is a poem written by Nikolai Nekrasov on 23 August 1861 in Greshnevo[1] and published in the October 1861 issue of Sovremennik magazine.

[5] Soon after "Korobeiniki" was published, Nikolai Chernyshevsky used one of its fragments, "The Song of a Humble Strannik" (Песня убогого странника), in his proclamation campaign promoting the idea of the peasant revolution.

He blames the war for the dire state of the market, with mothers crying for their soldier sons and having no money for dresses and finery.One line: "What's fun and games for the Tsar/Is grief for a common man" proved especially controversial: all the pre-1917 editions featured the changed version with "царь" (the Tsar) replaced by "враг" (vrag, the enemy).

Again complaining about the poor trade, Tikhonych blames Paris for the way Russian women have suddenly all gone fashion minded ("Should you dislike your own nose /They'll glue you another one there," goes one line).

Pining for Ivan whom she badly wants to marry, she extols her own virtues, including good character and the willingness to do all the hard work for her future husband.