Makaryev's Trade Fair (Makarevskaya Jarmarka) was the Greatest Trade Fair in Russia held annually every July near Makaryev Monastery on the left bank of the Volga River from the mid-16th century to 1816. Following a massive fire in 1816, it was moved to Nizhny Novgorod, but for some decades thereafter it still was commonly referred to as Makariev Trade Fair. It attracted many foreign merchants all over the World.
This is SketchUp model of the main building of NNTF.
This is SketchUp model of the main building of NNTF.
The Nizhny Novgorod (former Makarevchkaya)Trade Fair (NNTF) (1824).
I will quote below what was written about Nizhny Novgorod Fair in 19th century by well-known American writer Suzanne Massie in her remarkable book “ Land of Firebird - The Beauty of Old Russia”. Mr. Irwin Well wrote about this book in Chicago Tribune “ It stuns the reader with the richness, variety, and beauty of East Slavic creativity.”
