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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.
In 1896, the All-Russia Exhibition was held at the fair and a tram was launched. Until 1928, Kanavino was an independent administrative unit (since 1919 - a city), and since 1928 it became part of Nizhny Novgorod.
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).
On 15 July 1822 the largest Nizhny Novgorod fair was solemnly opened on the left bank of the Oka. Then Nizhny Novgorod became the main city of all-Russian and international trade. [45] In 1929, the Fair was closed, and the city's economy began to develop in a completely different direction.
From the 1620s, the fair was essential to the Russian economy. By 1800, there were over three thousand government and private buildings to house the millions of rubles worth of trade goods. In 1816, a massive fire burned most buildings, and millions of rubles were lost. In 1817 the fair was moved to Nizhny Novgorod, where it became even more ...
The cathedral is located on the former territory of the Nizhny Novgorod Fair. It is one of the unofficial symbols of Nizhny Novgorod, along with the Dmitrovskaya Tower of the Kremlin, the Chkalov staircase and the fair. The main construction of the cathedral was begun on August 18, 1868 and lasted for 13 years, internal work continued until 1881.
Hyperboloid structure by Vladimir Shukhov, All-Russia Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod, 1896. The All-Russia Industrial and Art Exhibitions (Russian: Всероссийские промышленные (мануфактурные) выставки) were a series of 16 exhibitions in the 19th century Russian Empire.