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The exhibition of Russia (traditional and national products) has been inaugurated during the May 1911 by the Grand Duke Boris and his mother Grand Dukesse Marija Pavlovna within an orthodox religious ceremony. Despite of the former choices of Russia, this Pavilion follows the Neoclassical style, and it has been built by the Russian architect Vladimir Alekseevič Ščuko. The Pavilion has 12 exposition rooms, where Russia can display it own traditional and industrial products, an enormous collection of statues and bronzes, and also some furniture from the Royal Palace of Petersburg.
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  RussiaThe nation's history began between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD with the arrival of East Slavs in this region. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of "Rus", arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, stretching from Poland in Europe to Alaska in North America. Following the Russian Revolution, Russia became the largest and leading constituent of the Soviet Union and a recognized superpower. The current Russian Federation was founded following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, but is recognized as the continuing legal personality of the Soviet state.
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Shchuko, Vladimir Alekseevič Vladimir Alekseevič Ščuko (or Vladimir Shchuko) was a Russian architect, and a member of the Saint Petersburg school of Russian neoclassical revival. He studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts, graduating in 1904. Early in his career, he was inspired by a number of state-sponsored study tours in Italy and Greece. His commission for the Markov apartment buildings at 63 / 65, Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt, was his first opportunity concretize his vision of classical forms on a monumental scale. The earlier of the two buildings (No. 65, built 1908-1910) features a giant order of four massive columns covering four floors of the main facade, topped by an ornate Corinthian capital. The second (No. 63, 1910-1911) shows a Palladian influence, with slender columns supporting the balconies, and gray granite facades decorated with bas reliefs. After the Russian revolution in 1917, he developed a version of modernized neoclassicism with a collaborator, Vladimir Gelfreikh. Together, they created a number of high-profile buildings, such as the Lenin library in the Stalinist architectural style. He designed the empire-style Russian Pavilion for Turin 1911. At the end of the Twenties, he developed an interest in the modern Russian constructivism, which is evident in the Gorkij theatre in Rostov (1930-1935). He was also a stage designer for operas, ballet productions, and plays.
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