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Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre is one of Moscow’s venues to host some exhibitions and conferences. It is located in East Administrative District directly in Sokolniki Park for Leisure and Recreation. It is one of the oldest exhibition sites and the first to start exhibition industry in Russia. == History == The first exhibition to be held in Sokolniki took place in 1959. That time proved to be decisive in development of exhibition industry in our country. The American National Exhibition was the first international event to demonstrate some foreign achievements in the USSR. Nikita Khrushchev and the US Vice President Richard Nixon officially opened the exhibition. That’s when pavilion no. 2 witnessed the legendary “kitchen debate” between Nixon and Khrushchev at the General Electric Company’s booth. During the so-called “kitchen debate” America and the Soviet Union verbally jousted over which system was superior – communism or capitalism. Since then, exhibitions received a permanent residence in Sokolniki. The first exhibition pavilion highlighted the event. It was a round dome construction invented by American architect and engineer Richard Fuller. Construction of new exhibition pavilions in Sokolniki Park started in 1960s. For many years Sokolniki has been the only international exhibition site in the Soviet Union.〔The Exhibition Moscow, p. 131.〕 56 national and international expositions were exhibited in Sokolniki in 1959-1976. The largest events displayed printing, chemical, engineering and machine-building, automobile and geodesic industries’ production. That time 19,000 million people visited our exhibition pavilions. Since 1977, Sokolniki has been suffering the period of exhibition “stagnation” that ended only in late 1980s. In 1989, the German company “Glahe International” and the Moscow Fair Company (Moskau Messe) joined. Since that time Moskau Messe Exhibition Company has been carrying out its activities in Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre. Thus, exhibition activity returned to Sokolniki. Since then the current Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre has been hosting a lot of large exhibitions and presentations. In 2009-2010 the Centre was reconstructed and renovated. The old pavilions were repaired and two new ones — a two-storey pavilion 7A and pavilion 4 — were constructed. In 2011, Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre became a full member of the Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs, the Global Association of Exhibition Industry (UFI) and the International Association of Congress Centres (AIPC). In 2011 close interaction was established between Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre and Sokolniki Park for Leisure and Recreation. A new development strategy to be evolved.〔A park for business and leisure. - The Business and Exhibitions magazin no. 2, 2012, p.58 (a common strategy)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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