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Vernissage in Izmailovo is considered to be the world’s largest exhibition-fair where one can find a variety of items of decorative and applied art, fine art and of folk handicrafts as well. This complex in exists for more than 10 years and is situated in a picturesque and historically unique area of Moscow – Izmailovo. In some 10 years it has become one of the most favorite places for Muscovites and foreign visitors. Skilled craftsmen and artists come here from all over Russia. Almost all traditional Russian craft centers and regions are represented here – among them "Khokhoma", "Gzhel", "Fedoskino", "Kholuj", "Dyimkovskaya clay toy" and many others. The City-of-Masters, "The Russkoje Podvorje" (The Russian Courtyard) acts as an integral part of Vernissage. This modern exhibition and entertainment center, located in one of the most renowned in the historical retrospective site of Moscow - Izmailovo, and executed in the stylish architecture of palaces and manors of XVII century, is really a unique one. Here one can see a wooden Palace of Tzar Alexei Mikhailovitch, reconstructed as per remained drawings and documents, which was nominated by the contemporaries as "the Eighth Wonder of the World", the highest Russian wooden Temple of St Nicolas The Illuminator and potter's workshops, representations of more than 300 regions of Russian traditional art and crafts. Today the "Russkoje Podvorje" is one of the largest Moscow’s centers of leisure and entertainment.
Telephone +7(499) 166-55-80, +7(499) 166-55-69 Fair is open from 9:00 to 18:00



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