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All-Russian Agricultural and Handicraft and Industrial Exhibition in Moscow (1923) was designed, on the one hand, reflect the first successes of the revival and development of agriculture, and on the other - serve to promote best practices of the Union republics and agricultural cooperation. For VSHV was assigned territory vacant lot, located on the site of the present park of culture and rest. Gorky. Construction began in the autumn exhibitions in 1922 on the master plan, developed by I. Zholtovsky. He combined the advantages of the regular organization of the territory, allow to take large numbers of visitors to the principles of free (English style) plan in a recreation area. The main architect of the exhibition was A. Shchusev. Basically, all the exhibition pavilions were built of wood, except for the pavilion "Engineering", built from zhelezobetona.Vystavka consisted of two departments: the Soviet, occupied the territory of the present Park of Culture