Relief: Workers

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The relief is part of Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnogo Khozyaystva, a permanent general-purpose trade show and amusement park in Moscow, Russia. It depicts three workers working together in a market scene. The exhibition center was rebuilt during Joseph Stalin's era, with the main planner being Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky, who envisioned a central avenue lined with fountains, small roads, and a big square facing the central pavilion. A statue of Vladimir Lenin originally stood at the front of the pavilion. In the central square, there is a large fountain called "The Friendship of People Fountain," which was created to honor the people of the Soviet Union. Nearby stands another fountain, known as "The Stone Flower Fountain," facing the Ukraine Pavilion. Further along, a small square faces the Space Pavilion, where a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft is situated, placed there in the 1960s after the Agricultural Machinery pavilion was converted into the Cosmos pavilion. A large statue of Joseph Stalin once stood in this square until 1948, when it was relocated from its original site near the Moskva River in central Moscow. This area is known as "The Industrial Square." The northern section of the site serves as a shared space between the exhibition center and the nearby botanic garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences, featuring an agricultural pavilion, estate pools with vegetation, Michurin's Garden, and the Golden Spike Fountain. All the fountains in this area are covered in gold. Many statues adorn the site, particularly those honoring Soviet leaders. In addition to these features, the site includes cinemas, cafes, theater pavilions, and a church built after the fall of the Soviet Union. Near the central entrance lies an amusement park with the Moscow-850 Ferris wheel, constructed in 2004 as part of Moscow's 850th anniversary celebrations. The restored Soviet Pavilion from Expo 67, held in Montreal in 1967, now stands on site as the Moscow Pavilion.