Makaryev's Fair (Makarevskaya Jarmarka) was the Greatest Fair in Russia held annually every July near Makaryev Monastery on the left bank of the Volga River from the mid-16th century to 1816. Following a massive fire in 1816, it was moved to Nizhny Novgorod, but for some decades thereafter it still was commonly referred to as Makariev Fair. It attracted many foreign merchants all over the would.
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I participated in the reconstructionin in 1922 of the Historical Nizhny Novgorod Fair during the NEP (New Economic Policy) Era as a representative of the State Bank of Russia.

Nizhny Novgorod Fair was completely destroyed during the revolution and the sivil war in Russia (1917-1922). See the pictures below.
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Makaryev's Fair ( Nizhny Novgorod Fair later) was the greatest Trade Fair in Imperial Russia.
I participated in the reconstructionin in 1922 of the Historical Nizhny Novgorod Fair during the NEP (New Economic Policy) Era as a representative of the State Bank of Russia.

Nizhny Novgorod Fair was completely destroyed during the revolution and the sivil war in Russia (1917-1922). See the pictures below.