The Main Fair building

Nizhny Novgorod Fair is a national and cultural treasure of Russia. It has more than 400 year history. Being on the halfway of the main waterway of Russia - the Volga and being not far from Moscow, the Nizhny Novgorod Fair was a commerce center to sell up to half the total production of export goods from Europe and Asia.
“From all the buildings the Main Fair building, opened in 1890, stands out. Here, during the fair trade, situated the governor’s apartment and his office, fair management institutions, branches of the state bank, etc. On the ground floor there is an extensive retail passage, the best one at the fair.” (Address-calendar. 1916)