ABSTRACT
The decree to "host an international exposition" included preliminary descriptions of the tasks, scale, and parameters of the imminent mega-event, which was to take place between May 20 and November 20, 1966. To address the significant efforts required by an international event of large-scale, the Government Committee of the USSR on Moscow International exposition was established in 1960. Site selection was addressed directly by the committee, while the master plan and pavilion design were developed concurrently through a competition process. This selection reflected larger goals for the city's future growth, including the creation of a new government axis and the use of innovative methods in architectural design and project procurement. The desire to demonstrate the nation's "progress" as a fait accompli instead of a work-in-progress resulted in contradictory messages that, in the architectural competition for the 1967 World Exposition in Moscow, resulted in conflicted and unrealizable proposals.
