“Culture” (“Uzbek SSR”) Pavilion (No. 66)

The Culture Pavilion is the 66th pavilion, built in 1954 as the Uzbek SSR pavilion. It received the name Culture in 1964. The pavilion was built in 1951-1954 according to the design of the architect Stefan Polupanov. The building is white, in the shape of the letter P, and faces the courtyard to the main entrance. The side facades are decorated with colonnades and stucco with motifs of traditional Uzbek arts and crafts, combined with Soviet symbols. In the center there is a rotunda on thin columns in the national style, exceeding the pavilion in height. The exposition of the Uzbek SSR consisted of several sections dedicated to various branches of the republic’s economy: cotton growing, karakul sheep breeding, sericulture, gardening, viticulture, livestock farming, agricultural crops and the Karakalpak ASSR.