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{{Infobox convention center
| name = Expocenter of Ukraine
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| image = Комплекс Експоцентр України.jpg
| image_caption = Main entrance and main exhibition hall
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| location = [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]
| coordinates = {{coord|50.377793|N|30.479604|E|display=inline}}
| owner = [[State Management of Affairs (Ukraine)|Management of Affairs]]
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| built = 1952–1958
| architect = Borys Zhezherin
| opened = 6 July 1958
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| former_names = VDNG of Ukrainian SSR
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| publictransit = {{rint|Kyiv|2|size=15}} [[Vystavkovyi Tsentr (Kyiv Metro)|Vystavkovyi Tsentr]]
| website = {{url|vdng.ua}}
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'''Expocenter of Ukraine (VDNG)''' ({{lang-uk|Експоцентр України (ВДНГ)}}), originally known as '''Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy of Ukrainian SSR''' ({{lang-uk|Виставка досягнень народного господарства УРСР}}) or '''VDNG of Ukrainian SSR''' ({{lang-uk|ВДНГ УРСР}}), is a permanent multi-purpose exhibition complex in the [[Teremky]] neighborhood of [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]. Located on the outskirts of the [[Holosiivskyi National Nature Park|Holosiiv Forest]], a large portion of which has been converted into a park zone, the expo specializes in demonstrating Ukrainian achievements in the sphere of industry, science etc.

It is legally under the [[State Management of Affairs (Ukraine)|State Management of Affairs]] but is not financed from the [[Government budget|state budget]] at all. The Expocenter of Ukraine has been functioning since 1958. The exhibition features about 100 companies.

== History ==
In 1949, the [[Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union|USSR Council of Ministers]] signed the statute for the construction of facilities for a Republic Agricultural Exhibition in [[Kyiv]]. It was built on the site of a small suburban village called {{lang|uk|Krasny traktir}} ({{lang-en|Red Tavern}}). Construction began in 1952 and lasted six years.

The center was designed by architects Borys Zhezherin, Vitaly Orekhov, I. Mezentsev, Anatoly Stanislavsky, D. Batalov, engineer S. Malkin in the form of a complex of [[pavilion]]s, [[tower]]s, outdoor areas for exhibits, cultural buildings and [[recreation area]]s.

On the eve of the opening, it was renamed the ''Exhibition of Advanced Achievements of the National Economy of the USSR''. During its existence, its name has been changed many times.

The official opening of the exhibition took place on July 6, 1958. [[Nikolai Podgorny]], the first secretary of the Central Committee of the [[Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Ukraine]], personally cut the red ribbon.

During the existence of the exhibition, it has been visited by world-famous people: [[Charles de Gaulle|Charles De Gaulle]], [[Josip Broz Tito]], [[Margaret Thatcher]] and others.

After Ukraine gained [[Independence Day of Ukraine|independence]], it was renamed the ''National Complex "Expocenter of Ukraine"''.

On June 18, 2015, the expo center was headed by a new team of managers, led by Maksym Bakhmatov, who planned to turn it into a modern [[innovation]] and [[Cultural center|cultural]] center.<ref>{{Cite web|title=First Results of the New Management|url=http://www.segodnya.ua/ukraine/vdng-789715.html}}</ref>

On March 21, 2017, Yevhen Mushkin was appointed General Director.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Новим гендиректором ВДНГ призначено Євгена Мушкіна зі StarLight Entertainment {{!}} Громадське телебачення|url=https://hromadske.ua/posts/novym-hendyrektorom-vdnh-pryznacheno-yevhena-mushkina-zi-starlight-entertainment|access-date=2021-04-15|website=hromadske.ua|language=uk}}</ref>

[[Kyiv City Council]] and public organizations proposed to create several important objects there. On July 6, 2018 the exhibition center celebrated its 60th anniversary of the opening. The staff of the expo center was greeted by the head of the [[State Management of Affairs (Ukraine)|State Management of Affairs]] Ivan Kutsyk.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Національному комплексу "Експоцентр України" − 60 років! {{!}} Державне Управління Справами |url=http://www.dus.gov.ua/content/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%96%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%83-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%83-%C2%AB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80-%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8%C2%BB-%E2%88%92-60-%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B2|access-date=2021-04-15|website=www.dus.gov.ua}}</ref>

== Infrastructure ==
The Expocenter complex includes 180 buildings and structures. 20 buildings have the status of [[Architecture|architectural]] and [[Urban area|urban]] monuments of local significance of Ukraine – the entrance [[propylaea]], the main pavilion and numerous other pavilions, the buildings of restaurants "''Spring''" and "''Summer''", greenhouse, two kiosks, four fountains and a water tower.

The total area of the National Complex of the Expocenter of Ukraine is 286.3 [[hectare]]s and it ranks the Expocenter fifth in the world among the largest exhibition centers on the planet after [[Expocentre|Moscow]], [[Hanover]], [[Milan]] and [[Frankfurt]]. It is the greenest expo center in the world in terms of forest park area.

About 100 exhibition events are held annually at the exhibition areas of the Expocenter of Ukraine, half of which are international and national specialized exhibitions, the rest – exhibition and presentation, business, corporate, sports, holiday events. Exhibitors from 25 countries take part in the exhibitions of the Expocenter every year.

== Development concept ==
On July 20, 2017, there was held a public presentation of the concept of development of the Expocenter for the next 40 years, and the wife of the [[Petro Poroshenko|former President of Ukraine]] [[Maryna Poroshenko]] attended it.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України|url=http://www.president.gov.ua/|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=У Національному комплексі "Експоцентр України" представили Концепцію розвитку на 40 років {{!}} Державне Управління Справами|url=http://www.dus.gov.ua/content/%D1%83-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%96%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%83-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%96-%C2%AB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80-%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8%C2%BB-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8E-%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BA%D1%83-%D0%BD%D0%B0-40-%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B2|access-date=2021-04-15|website=www.dus.gov.ua}}</ref>

On September 18, 2017, the responsible state commission summed up the results of the competition for the best [[National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector|NCEU]] development project. ''Kyivexpoplaza LLC'' was the winner of the competition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ЕкспоПлаза виграла конкурс на реконструкцію ВДНГ|url=https://nv.ua/ukr/biz/markets/ekspoplaza-vigrala-konkurs-na-rekonstrukciyu-vdng-1893884.html|access-date=2021-04-15|website=nv.ua|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=БизнесЦензор|title=Строительство нового выставочного центра на территории ВДНХ отдали собственникам "КиевЭкспоПлазы"|url=https://biz.censor.net/news/3033057/stroitelstvo_novogo_vystavochnogo_tsentra_na_territorii_vdnh_otdali_sobstvennikam_kievekspoplazy_|access-date=2021-04-15|website=БизнесЦензор|language=ru}}</ref>

== Image ==
<gallery>
File:Національний експоцентр України13.jpg
Украина, Киев - ВДНХ - Павильон 3 'Металлургия' 02.jpg|
Украина, Киев - ВДНХ - Павильон 4 'Сельхознаука и земледелие' 02.jpg|
Украина, Киев - ВДНХ - Павильон 4 'Сельхознаука и земледелие' 01.jpg|
Украина, Киев - ВДНХ - Павильон 6 'Технические культуры' 01.jpg|
Украина, Киев - ВДНХ - Павильон 7 'Машиностроение'.jpg|
Украина, Киев - ВДНХ - Павильон 8 'Овощеводство и садоводство' 01.jpg|
File:Украина, Киев - ВДНХ - Водонапорная башня 02.jpg
File:Експоцентр - panoramio - Leonid Andronov (2).jpg
File:Експоцентр, квіти - panoramio.jpg
Украина, Киев - ВДНХ - Фонтан за павильоном 9.jpg
</gallery>

== References ==
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