Japan Import 1970 Osaka EXPO World's Fair The USSR Pavilion Memorial Coin

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Japan Import 1970 Osaka EXPO World's Fair The USSR Pavilion Memorial Coin
" Original - Authentic "
Size : w 4 cm x h 4 cm
Material : Metal
Expo '70
(
日本万国博覧会
Nihon Bankoku Hakuran-kai
)
was a
world's fair
held in
Suita
,
Osaka
, Japan, between March 15 and September 13, 1970. The theme of the Expo was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." In Japanese, Expo '70 is often referred to as
Osaka Banpaku
(
大阪万博
Ōsaka Banpaku
)
. This was the first world's fair held in Japan.
The master plan for the Expo was designed by the Japanese architect
Kenzo Tange
helped by 12 other Japanese architects who designed elements within it. Bridging the site along a north/south axis was the Symbol Zone. Planned on three levels it was primarily a social space which had a unifying
space frame
roof.
·
The USSR Pavilion was the tallest in the fairgrounds, a sweeping red and white design by Soviet architect Mikhail V. Posokhin.
Reference Wikipedia
The Soviet pavilion, designed for the Osaka World Expo which was held from March 15th to September 13th in 1970, was a sweeping red and white building. It was the tallest at the fair and contained the usual industrial and technical displays, a piano that once belonged to the composer Tchaikovsky, and an enormous screen that showed ten films simultaneously.