16TH Kursk Korenskaya Fair

The Central Russian Economic Forum participants have a unique opportunity to deepen their knowledge of Kursk region by visiting events of the Kursk Korenskaya Fair which will be solemnly opened on July 2, 2016.

The Kursk Korenskaya Fair has centuries of history; it was first officially mentioned in 1708. In 1824, governmental acts of the Russian Empire already referred to the Kursk Korenskaya Fair as one of the three main trade fairs of Russia along with those in Nizhniy Novgorod and Irbit, accepting commodities from foreigners. It was the Korenskaya Fair that made Kursk famous in those old times, symbolizing Russia’s Southern trading gate.

A perfect evidence of how important the Fair was for Central Russia is that its turnover in the second half of the 19th century reached a whopping 7 million rubles outstripping combined turnovers of all other trade fairs of the region.

The Korenskaya Fair developed as an all-Russian market. Built under the project of the famous architect Giacomo Quarenghi, it occupied an area of 64 desyatinas (about 173 acres) and was perfectly equipped and adjusted for trading and dealing activities. The Kursk Korenskaya Fair was always hospitable to local merchants providing them with a dedicated Kursk Krasny Ryad (shopping street) resembling that of Moscow.

In early 20th century, a series of upheavals undermined the usual way of life and the once famous fair was pushed to the outskirts of history for decades.

FAIR ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman, Organizing Committee of the 16th “Kursk Korenskaya Fair 2016” interregional universal wholesale and retail trade fair: Alexander Krivolapov, Deputy Governor of Kursk region

Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee: Chairman of the Kursk Government’s Committee for External Relations Development: Viktor Grebennikov
Kursk House of Soviets, Red Square, Kursk city
phone: +7(4721) 70-11-73,
fax: +7 (4712) 70-11-60
Email: 305002@mail.ru

Regional budgetary institution “Kursk Korenskaya Fair Exhibition Center”
Director: Andrey Blagirev
Maxim Gorky St. 65, Kursk city
phone: +7 (4712) 51-25-42, 70-24-88, 51-26-15, 70-10-07, 51-37-46
fax: +7 (4712) 51-25-42, 70-24-88
Email: sergei-kkya@yandex.ru, kkya.mitrofanov@yandex.ru
http://kya.reg-kursk.ru/

In 2001, the Kursk Korenskaya Fair gained a second life, the number of participants from Russia and abroad growing with every year since then.

Expositions of business delegations from Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova have become traditional. The Fair also appeals to businessmen from outside the CIS countries (Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, China, France, Italy, Spain, Montenegro, Serbia, Vietnam, Abkhazia).

Every year, more retailers arrive from Tambov, Lipetsk, Bryansk, Tula, Voronezh, Kaluga, Ryazan, Orenburg as well as from the Republic of Belarus and Ukraine presenting a wide range of meat and dairy, bakery, confectionery goods, soft drinks, flour and cereal products.

The Government of Kursk region has the following vision of the Fair objectives:

• to fully serve the interests of all its participants and guests,
• to revive and develop partnership,
• to become a customary and appealing venue for multilateral business meetings and negotiations

The commitment to these objectives will result in long-term cooperation, friendly relations between Russian regions, CIS countries and other foreign countries, as well as mutually beneficial contracts.