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title: Giant Lenin portrait hung in the main gate of the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy (VDNKh), Moscow
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/vdnkh-lenin-portrait-main-gate-1971/
description: The central arch of a monumental gate, topped by the 'Worker and Kolkhoz Woman' statue and lettered 'Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy…
section: Collection
---

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# Giant Lenin portrait hung in the main gate of the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy (VDNKh), Moscow

The central arch of a monumental gate, topped by the 'Worker and Kolkhoz Woman' statue and lettered 'Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy of the USSR', is filled by a portrait of Lenin several storeys tall. Hung across the entrance to an exhibition of economic achievement, the portrait lends Lenin's authority to the display behind it (transfer).

## Text on the object

Original (Russian) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
[Permanent gate frieze, partly hidden by the portrait:] ВЫСТАВКА ДОСТИЖЕНИЙ НАРОДНОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА СССР
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy of the USSR
```

The portrait itself carries no lettering. The architectural inscription is read from an enlarged crop; some letters above the portrait are hidden.

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