From the agitational agricultural exhibition to the modern exhibition and memorial complex VDNH

The authors analyze the history of the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy, which was originally created as an agitational agricultural exhibition. This place overcame several stages of development, and today continues to play an important role in the life of the country. Having emerged as a dream city, embodying an impracticable image of future abundance and happiness, it reflected the scientific and technological achievements of different eras, became a platform for the synthesis of arts, where many artistic, urban, technical and scientific ideas were tested. The article gives the examples of the Stalinist architectural style and a plan of monumental propaganda. The exhibition area has preserved the fragments of an ideal Soviet village, a machine-building station, a livestock town and a Michurin garden.