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Nizhegorodskaya Yarmarka (Nizhny Novgorod Fair) is one of the most interesting Nizhny Novgorod sights.
Founded ages ago it is now both a great historical and architectural tourist attraction and a modern and world-known
exhibition complex.
Nizhny Novgorod Fair as an exhibition complex
Nizhegorodskaya Yarmarka has numbered nearly five centuries of its history. An official marketplace was originated not far
from Nizhny Novgorod, near by the town Vasilsursk located downstream the Volga river, by the Grand Prince Vasily
Ioannovich in 1524. Over time, in 1641, it was moved closer to Nizhny Novgorod, near Saint Makary Monastery, and so got
called Makaryevskaya Yarmarka (Makaryev Fair). It had been remaining near by Saint Makary Monastery for a long time, by
1816, when accidental fire destroyed nearly all its buildings. A bit later, in 1817, fairgrounds was transferred directly to
Nizhny Novgorod as per government decision. In Nizhny Novgorod it was located in "strelka" ("стрелка", "arrow" in English), at
the place two great Russian rivers, Volga and Oka, join, at an ideal marketplace. The Fair Complex constraction with an area
of 500 thousand of square kilometers was led, as a cheaf architect, by Agustin Betancourt (1758-1824), an a prominent engineer.
Saviour Cathedral, also known as Old Fair Cathedral (Спасский собор, Староярмарочный собор), was designed by
Betancourt (overall structure) and Montferrand (facade and interiors) together and completed in 1822, the year when the
Fair was opened for its first season. The fair operated by 1930.
At present Nizhny Novgorod Fair is a modern exhibition complex having everything to organize conferences,
exhibitions and shows, and congresses. There is a customs station working in Nizhny Novgorod Fair territory.
Nizhny Novgorod Fair disposes of six exhibition halls, five conference halls,
Official (Gerbovy) hall having hosted high level guests. The complex of Nizhny Novgorod Fair incorporates
Yarmarochny Bank (The Bank of Nizhny Novgorod Fair), hotel, restaurants, cafes, and shopping mall (arcade).
The mostly famous events being run at Nizhny Novgorod Fair are RUSSIA UNITED, an all-Russian scientific and industrial forum,
GREAT RIVERS/ICEF, an international forum, TWIN AND PARTNER CITIES, an international forum, and many other.
Nizhny Novgorod Fair is in the top five of the leading Russia exhibition complexes including EXPOCENTRE/Moscow,
ALL-RUSSIA EXHIBITION CENTRE/Moscow, LENEXPO/Saint Petersburg, RESTEC/Saint Petersburg, and SIBERIAN FAIR/Novosibirsk.
Nizhny Novgorod Fair as an exhibition complex
Nizhny Novgorod, Sovnarkomovskaya street
Staroyarmarochny Cathedral (Old Fair Cathedral)
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
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