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Machines corner, the All-Russian Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896. Staged from 28 May to 1 October 1896, the All-Russia industrial and art exhibition was the largest exhibition to be staged in Russia before the 1917 Revolution. Financed by Tsar Nicholas II, it was intended to showcase the industrial and technological achievements of Russia in the late 19th century. Found in the collection of the Institute for the History of Material Culture, St Petersburg.