How did the RUSSIA EXPO surprise in 2023?
More than three million guests, 75 million views, cars raffle, dozens of trips and thousands of other surprises - the RUSSIA EXPO managed to surprise.
A trip to the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP and the Vostochny Cosmodrome, a postcard personally signed by Vladimir Putin, tickets to the Bolshoi Theater, and dozens of tours to the most interesting corners of Russia - from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka. Even the wildest dreams of our guests come true at the RUSSIA EXPO.
More than 3 million guests have visited the Exposition since its launch, and 75 million viewers have watched the Live broadcast of the RUSSIA EXPO. Russian neural network GigaChat from Sber named the RUSSIA EXPO the main event of the past year.
New records at the RUSSIA EXPO:
- the largest down flag of Russia, measuring 6x9 meters, was knitted specially for the exposition by craftswomen from the Orenburg region;
- the largest tambourine ever created was presented at the exposition by Valery Gudyrev, the creator of traditional Nenets tambourines;
- a balalaika virtuoso from the Pskov region celebrated the National Unity Day with an hour of uninterrupted balalaika playing.
Sports records were also recorded at the exposition - 79 rowers swam 1 million meters on a special simulator in Pavilion C.
Mikhail Shivlyakov, an Omsk strongman and the only athlete in Russia who won the Arnold Schwarzenegger competition, bent 36 metal bars with a diameter of 1 cm in 50 seconds.
Dozens of colorful wedding ceremonies according to folk traditions of the country's regions were seen by the guests of the exposition. Newlyweds from the Samara region were congratulated on their marriage by cosmonauts from the ISS. And for a couple from the Kemerovo region the ceremony was performed by an artificial intelligence.
More than 40 thousand children from all over the country visited the RUSSIA EXPO in organized groups. 1.5 thousand excursions were held for them. Every day about 4 thousand people visit the guest center of the exposition, from where the excursions start. 100,000 people walked through the exposition with the help of guides of the program More than a Trip.
A unique gastronomic journey across the country was organized by the best regional chefs at the House of Russian Cuisine. At tastings and masterclasses one can try olivier with Kamchatka crab, Far Eastern tuna and sea cucumbers, direct-pressed juice from wild northern berries, taste marvelous gingerbread, Yakutian stroganina and Altai marble beef.
Hundreds of kinds of cheeses and delicacies are presented by farmers at the fair in Pavilion No. 48 of VDNH. One can buy meat, cheese, fish, and sweets from all corners of the country.
More than one million digital rubles were earned by visitors to the exposition, performing exciting tasks and quests in Pavilion No. 71 Smart Finance and Rosneft. You can also "earn" without leaving home - all you need to do is to visit the Games section of the exposition's website. Digital rubles can be exchanged for memorable souvenirs and merchandise.
Our visitors drove thousands of kilometers across the country using all possible means of transport presented at the Exposition. Here you can sit at the wheel of an airplane or take off in a helicopter, fly over Lake Baikal or ride a SUP-board on the Yenisei River, take a bike ride around Kazan or drive a real race car on the KazanRing speedway.
Young participants of the workshop "Modelling — a Prototype with Your Own Hands," held on May 31 at the National Centre RUSSIA.
The history of Russian architecture, bold concepts, and Soviet urban planning projects realised across the globe were presented to delegations of the exposition on May 31.
The award ceremony for the winners of the All-Russian video essay contest "Dreams of the Future" will take place at the National Centre RUSSIA on June 1, International Children's Day.
