Anatevka

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fictional location fictional village shtetl

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

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Anatevka canonical 19
Anatevka (fictional village) 1
Fiddler on the Roof shtetl design 1

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) ⓘ
linked to: Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway premiere)
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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (23)

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

Fiddler on the Roof → settingLocation → Anatevka ⓘ
If I Were a Rich Man → setting → Anatevka ⓘ
To Life → setting → Anatevka ⓘ
Do You Love Me? → settingInFiction → Anatevka ⓘ
Tevye the Dairyman → placeOfResidence → Anatevka ⓘ
Robert F. Boyle → notableWork → Fiddler on the Roof shtetl design ⓘ
linked to: Anatevka
Matchmaker, Matchmaker → setting → 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 ⓘ
Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway premiere) → 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 ⓘ
subject linked to: Golde in Fiddler on the Roof (1971 film)
Yente (Fiddler on the Roof, Broadway revival) → roleInPlot → influences social dynamics in Anatevka ⓘ
subject linked to: Yente in Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway revival)
linked to: Anatevka
Yente (Fiddler on the Roof, Broadway revival) → setting → Anatevka ⓘ
subject linked to: Yente in Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway revival)
Lazar Wolf → setting → Anatevka ⓘ
Yente → fictionalLocation → Anatevka ⓘ