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Main Entrance Arch of VDNKh
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Main Entrance Arch of VDNKh
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Main Entrance Arch of VDNKh
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Main Entrance Arch of VDNKh
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Main Entrance Arch of VDNKh
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Main Entrance Arch of VDNKh
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Main Entrance Arch of VDNKh

Арка Главного входа ВДНХ
USSRМосква1953–1954MonumentsStalinist Empire style
This ceremonial triumphal arch was built in 1954 to a design by Innokenty Melchakov and became a hallmark of the exhibition. It is crowned by the sculptural group "The Tractor Driver and the Collective Farm Woman", holding a sheaf of wheat high aloft.
Парадная триумфальная арка построена в 1954 году по проекту Иннокентия Мельчакова и стала визитной карточкой выставки. Её венчает скульптурная группа «Тракторист и колхозница», высоко поднимающая сноп пшеницы.

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