The U.S.S.R. Pavilion
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The U.S.S.R. pavilion was the largest of the foreign country pavilions built for Expo '74.
Postcard image courtesy of Anna Harbine
This file appears in: Cold War Thaw: Expo '74 and Riverfront Park Tour - Stop 4
Cold War Thaw: Expo '74 and Riverfront Park Tour - Stop 4
The 1974 World's Fair took place against a backdrop of improving relations between the United States and Soviet Russia. In May of 1972, USSR officials and President Nixon signed an environmental…