Exhibition Centre sights in Russia

1. All-Russia Exhibition Centre

   • Moscow, Russia
   • Sights › Exhibition centre

   No other place sums up the rise and fall of the great Soviet dream quite as well as the All-Russia Exhibition Centre. The old initials by which it’s still commonly known, VDNKh, tell half the story – they stand for Vystavka Dostizheny Narodnogo Khozyaystva SSSR (USSR Economic Achievements Exhibition). Originally created in the 1930s, the VDNKh was expanded in the 1950s and ‘60s to impress upon one and all the success of the Soviet economic system. Two kilo­metres long and 1km wide, it is composed of wide pedestrian avenues and grandiose pavilions, glorifying every aspect of socialist construction from education and health to agriculture, technology and science. The…

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