true, the middle ages fair in russia was called bargaining or torzhok, the very word fair came later from the german language. werner, or artisans, gathered in the marketplace and sold everything that they had grown and prepared and made with their own hands. hands, centuries passed fairs. little has changed before the fair and today people go for food , gifts, fun, the most delicious, the freshest, the most ecologists. chnye although this concept in the gloomy middle ages, no one has ever heard of. in general, it hurts like nothing else is a symbol, and of winter and new year and siberia, of course. and it is also a symbol of folk art and crafts, by the way, the usual winter boots boots. after all, they weren't always. yes, there were times when, due to the high cost, they were worn by representative only of the upper classes, warm comfortable shoes were favored by peter i catherine the great looked for salvation in them for her sick legs, and the empress. anna ioannovna. she allowed her freys to wear felt boots, even with formal dresses, since in winter the fireplaces could not cop