1961 Soviet Industrial Exhibition
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| Date | July 1961 |
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| Venue | Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London |
The Soviets Industrial Exhibition opened in July 1961 in London at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre.[1][2]
The Soviet exhibition was the USSR’s largest foreign display to date with the Foreign Office briefing that it was "larger than the Soviet Exhibit at the Brussels fair" in 1958.[1]
The exhibition’s opening was attended by Prime Minister Macmillan and other cabinet members.[1]
References
Citations
- 1 2 3 Barnett 2025, p. 267.
- ↑ Cross 2012, Chapter 20.
Bibliography
- Barnett, Nicholas (December 2025). "The British State–Private Network and Way of Life Propaganda at the Anglo-Soviet Trade Fairs of 1961". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 3: 253–276. doi:10.1017/S0080440125100182. ISSN 0080-4401.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license. - Cross, Anthony (1 November 2012). Cross, Anthony (ed.). A People Passing Rude: British Responses to Russian Culture. Open Book Publishers. doi:10.11647/OBP.0022. ISBN 978-1-909254-10-7.
External links
- Russia Opens Trade Fair (1961), a news report by Pathé News via YouTube