Expocentre
Expocentre in 2018
The Expocentre Fairgrounds exhibition center in 2018.
Expocentre is located in Russia
Expocentre
Expocentre
Expocentre (Russia)

Expocentre is a Russian exhibition and conference company, headquartered in Moscow, that stages international trade shows in Russia, the CIS countries, Central Europe, and Russian national pavilions at EXPOs (World Fairs). It owns and operates Expocentre Fairgrounds, an exhibition venue located in the Central Administrative Area of Moscow.

History

In 1959, Sokolniki Park in Moscow hosted the first national exhibition of US industrial products, opened by Nikita Khrushchev and Richard Nixon. From the Soviet side, the show had been coordinated by the Department for Foreign Exhibitions of the USSR Chamber of Commerce. The Department was later turned into the Agency for International and Foreign Exhibitions in USSR.

In 1964, Expocentre produced its first international trade show called Stroidormash (the Road-Building Machinery Show), which put on display new road-building machinery and equipment. It had been co-organized by the National Committee for Construction, Road-Building and Utilities Engineering under the USSR Ministry of Construction.

Name

The company name Expocentre was registered in 1977, as the Agency for International and Foreign Exhibitions in USSR had been turned into the Expocentre Company (a National Company since 1980).

Timeline

  • In 1945, a new committee was set up within the USSR Chamber of Trade, called a Standing Committee on Exhibitions, and in 1947 on its basis a Department for Foreign Exhibitions (the Exhibitions Department since 1949) was established.
  • In 1969, the USSR Chamber of Commerce set up the Agency for International and Foreign Exhibitions consisting of the Department for Foreign Exhibitions, Department for International Exhibitions and other units.
  • In 1991, Expocentre became a joint stock company.

Drone attack

On 18 August 2023, Expocentre sustained damage to one of its walls by what Mayor Sergei Sobyanin says was caused by a drone that was shot down by the Russian military.[1][2] As a result of the drone being shot down, debris from the drone fell and caused the damage to the building. People in the nearby area report hearing an explosion.[1]

Directors

  • 1959–1964 Aleksandr V. Saag
  • 1964–1970 Konstantin I. Smolyaninov
  • 1970–1977 Khachik G. Oganesyan
  • 1973–1977 Aleksandr K. Pavlenko
  • 1977–1979 Lev K. Garusov
  • 1979–1984 Vladimir M. Korsikov
  • 1984–1990 Stanislav V. Mikhailov
  • 1990–2002 Igor S. Denisov
  • 2002–2012 Vladislav L. Malkevich
  • 2012–present Present Sergei S. Bednov[3]

Partners

Expocentre cooperates with multiple Russian and International groups, including the Russian Ministry of Energy and Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Drone attack hits building in central Moscow". BBC News. 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  2. ↑ "Drone brought down on Moscow Expocentre". Exhibition World. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  3. ↑ "CEO". Expocentre. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Partners". Expocentre. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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