Anatevka

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Anatevka is the fictional Jewish shtetl that serves as the central village backdrop for the musical and film "Fiddler on the Roof."

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location ⓘ
fictional village ⓘ
shtetl ⓘ
appearsIn Fiddler on the Roof (1971 film) ⓘ
linked to: Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof (stage musical) ⓘ
associatedWork song "Anatevka" ⓘ
culturalContext Eastern European Jewish community ⓘ
depictedAs economically poor but close-knit community ⓘ
small rural village ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
firstMajorAppearance Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway premiere) ⓘ
genreContext musical theatre setting ⓘ
governedByInFiction Tsarist Russian authorities ⓘ
linked to: Tsarist government
hasMusicalNumber "Anatevka" (closing song) ⓘ
inhabitantInFiction Chava ⓘ
Golde ⓘ
Hodel ⓘ
Lazar Wolf ⓘ
Motel Kamzoil ⓘ
Perchik ⓘ
Tevye ⓘ
Tzeitel ⓘ
linked to: Hodel

Yente ⓘ
inspiredBy Jewish shtetls of the Pale of Settlement ⓘ
languageSpokenInFiction Hebrew (liturgical) ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
locatedInFictionalRegion Imperial Russia ⓘ
linked to: Russian Empire
mediumOfOrigin stage musical ⓘ
narrativeFunction symbol of exile and forced migration ⓘ
symbol of traditional Jewish shtetl life ⓘ
plotEventLocation announcement of the villagers' expulsion ⓘ
pogrom that disrupts the wedding ⓘ
wedding of Tzeitel and Motel ⓘ
relatedWork Tevye the Dairyman (stories by Sholem Aleichem) ⓘ
linked to: Tevye the Dairyman
religiousContext Judaism ⓘ
settingFor story of Tevye and his family ⓘ
symbolizes end of a way of life ⓘ
loss of home ⓘ
theme Jewish life in the Pale of Settlement ⓘ
family and community ⓘ
persecution and displacement ⓘ
poverty and resilience ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ
tradition versus change ⓘ
timePeriodSetting early 20th century ⓘ
pre-World War I era ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

If I Were a Rich Man → setting → Anatevka ⓘ
To Life → setting → Anatevka ⓘ
Robert F. Boyle → notableWork → Fiddler on the Roof shtetl design ⓘ
linked to: Anatevka
Anatevka → setting → Anatevka ⓘ
subject linked to: song "Anatevka"
Tevye → setting → Anatevka ⓘ
Golde → fictionalResidence → Anatevka ⓘ
Hodel → livesInFictionalPlace → Anatevka ⓘ
Motel Kamzoil → residence → Anatevka ⓘ
Perchik → setting → Anatevka ⓘ
Anatevka (song) → title → Anatevka ⓘ
subject linked to: "Anatevka" (closing song)
Anatevka (song) → setting → shtetl of Anatevka ⓘ
subject linked to: "Anatevka" (closing song)
linked to: Anatevka
Anatevka (song) → fictionalPlaceReferenced → Anatevka ⓘ
subject linked to: "Anatevka" (closing song)
Anatevka (song) → workFromWhichTitleDerived → Anatevka (fictional village) ⓘ
subject linked to: "Anatevka" (closing song)
linked to: Anatevka
Golde → livesIn → Anatevka ⓘ
Yente (Fiddler on the Roof, Broadway revival) → roleInPlot → influences social dynamics in Anatevka ⓘ
linked to: Anatevka
Yente (Fiddler on the Roof, Broadway revival) → setting → Anatevka ⓘ
Lazar Wolf → setting → Anatevka ⓘ
Yente → fictionalLocation → Anatevka ⓘ