Moscow Pavilion facts for kids

The Moscow Pavilion.

The Moscow Pavilion is a famous building that was first built for a big world exhibition called Expo 67. This event took place in Canada. A year later, the pavilion was moved all the way to Moscow, Russia. It found its new home at the All-Russia Exhibition Centre. At first, it was called Pavilion 70, but later it became known as the Moscow Pavilion.

The Story of the Moscow Pavilion

Back in the early 1960s, before the Expo 67 world exhibition happened in Canada, architects from the Soviet Union had a big dream. They hoped that Moscow would host the world exhibition. They wanted to show off their country's history and progress. They even planned a huge round building, like the size of the Moscow State University's main building, to sit on an artificial lake. This idea came from Moscow's chief architect, Mikhail Pusuchin.

However, things changed. There were some political changes in the Soviet Union, and also financial problems. Because of these challenges, the Soviet Union decided not to host the exhibition. So, the organization in charge of world exhibitions, the Bureau of International Exhibitions, chose Montreal, Canada, instead. Montreal hosted Expo 67 to celebrate its own founding anniversary.

Even though Moscow didn't host the Expo, the pavilion still made its way there. In 1970, the building started its journey to Moscow. It took five years to move and rebuild it. Finally, in 1977, the Moscow Pavilion officially opened at the Moscow Exhibition Center. It has been a landmark there ever since.

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