All-Russia Exhibition 1896

The exhibition demonstrated the best achievements of the industrial development in Russia that began in the latter part of the 19th century: Savva Mamontov, who at the time was interested in building a railway between Vologda and Arkhangelsk, decided to open a Far North pavilion.

After the closure of the Exhibition, the canvasses were eventually placed in the Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal in Moscow.

[1] The suburb of Kanavino, on the left bank of Oka River, was chosen as the place for the exhibition.

It occupied the territory of around 84 hectares within a few hundreds meters southwest of the Nizhny Novgorod Fair.

Nearly 70 buildings and constructions were built in Nizhny Novgorod and at the exhibition with the money allotted by the Nicholas II Emperor of Russia.