Sergey Kuznetsov, Chief Architect of Moscow, about Russian Pavilion VDNH, Venice Biennale 2016

According to Sergey Kuznetsov, Chief Architect of Moscow and the exhibition's curator: "Unlike most theme and amusements parks, the V.D.N.H. does not merely provide citizens with leisure, but has an educational and cultural mission. [...] Taken together," he continues, "the coherence of this urban ensemble, the diversity of its public spaces, and its necklace of national and thematic pavilions create a territory which is capable of accumulating and multiplying society’s intellectual and cultural energy, and it is this which in the final analysis is helping us win the battle for quality of life."