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from fairs and festivals to concerts and congresses - housed in the grandiose Stalinist ar-
chitecture of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition of 1939, and the People's Friendship
Fountain, flanked by Soviet maidens, each symbolizing a Soviet republic. One of the most
hubristic Soviet monuments ever built is the
SpaceObelisk
, which bears witness to Soviet
designs on the stratosphere. Unveiled in 1964 - three years after Gagarin orbited the earth
- it's a sculpture of a rocket blasting nearly 100m into the sky on a plume of energy clad
in shining titanium. The giant Ferris wheel, small amusement park and numerous food
vendorshelptocreateafairground-likeatmosphere.Forafantastic viewovertheVDNKh,
take the lift to the 25th floor of
Hotel Cosmos
across Prospekt Mira.
