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Nizhny Novgorod Fair (old name — Makaryev Fair) (Russian: Нижегородская ярмарка) was a fair in Nizhny Novgorod held annually every July near Makaryev Monastery on the left bank of the Volga River from the mid-16th century to 1816. Following a massive fire in 1816, it was moved to Nizhny Novgorod, but for some decades ...
The All-Russia industrial and art exhibition 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod was held from May 28 (June 9 N.S.) till October 1 (13 N.S.), 1896. The 1896 exhibition was the largest pre-revolution exhibition in the Russian Empire and was organized with money allotted by Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia.
The current Nizhny Novgorod fair is an interactive museum. The inauguration of the governor and various official events are held in the armorial hall. World Trade centre Nizhny Novgorod. Currently, trade in Nizhny Novgorod is represented mainly by its retail sector. In the 1990s, Belinsky Street was actively built up with shopping centres.
Nizhny Novgorod was founded by Prince Yuri II of Vladimir in 4 February 1221. [1] Citizens organized an army to liberate Moscow from the Poles in 1611, led by Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky. During the Russian Empire, in 1817 Nizhny Novgorod became the country's main trading city.
1875 – Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – Nizhny Novgorod Fair (1875) [30] 1875 – Sydney, New South Wales – Intercolonial Exhibition (1875) 1875 – Santiago, Chile – Chilean International Exhibition [30] 1876 – Brussels, Belgium – International Exposition of Hygiene and Life-saving Apparatus [39]
Shukhov Rotunda was a round exhibition pavilion built for All-Russia Exhibition 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It was built in 1896 with a diagrid hanging cover (tensile gridshell – diagrid roof , Russian Empire patent No. 1894, dated March 12, 1899) and was the world's first Hyperboloid structure (in the center of the Rotunda).
After the fair moved to Nizhny Novgorod, the monastery lost its primary source of income, and monks started leaving. Besides, in the early 19th century, the Volga had shifted its course, absorbing the Yellow Lake. The monastery buildings were now threatened by the waters of the great river, with its annual spring floods.
On July 15, 1822, the famous Nizhny Novgorod fair was opened in Kunavino. More precisely, it was moved here from the village of Makaryevo. It became the main trading and exchange center of Russia. In 1896, the All-Russia Exhibition was held at the fair and a tram was launched.