It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman.
Fiddler on the roof why russians in pale of settlement.
Fiddler on the roof is a musical set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in 1905.
From 1791 1917 jews living in russia were required to live in the pale of settlement a region on the western side of the russian empire.
Opening on broadway in 1964 it had the first musical theatre run in history to surpass 3 000 performances.
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The map shows how kiev was inside the pale and in fact ukraine only gained its independence from russia in 1917 and then later in 1991 from the soviet union.
Moreover tevye s attempts to reconcile his traditionalism with his daughters autonomy is contrasted with a more immediate external threat.
The story follows tevye and his 5 daughters as he attempts to keep his jewish religious and cultural traditions as outside influences surround his families lives.
It is within this region that the fiddler on the roof is set.
The farewell tour opened on january 20 2009 in wilmington.
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