The exhibition-forum "Unique Russia" will be held in Moscow from January 23 to February 9

The V Art and Industry Exhibition-Forum "Unique Russia" will be held from January 23 to February 9, 2025 in Moscow's Gostiny Dvor. The grandiose event will unite thousands of artists, sculptors, craftsmen, designers, heads of industrial enterprises, representatives of cultural institutions and tourist administrations, public authorities and, of course, professionals and lovers of history and culture from all over the world.

"Unique Russia" forms the image of a successful Russia, which makes its history here and now, relying on the talent and diligence of our outstanding compatriots.

"Uniting and strengthening ties between creative unions, public organizations, intellectuals, representatives of business and government, "Unique Russia" brightly translates and strengthens the cultural code of the country, forms the tourist attractiveness of Russia, creating a favorable investment climate for expanding opportunities for Russian creative projects and businesses to enter the world arena, introducing guests to both the traditions that go back centuries and innovations in the field of creative industries, in particular, at the intersection of art and IT-technologies.

Exhibitors from more than 70 regions of Russia, including the Republic of Crimea, Tatarstan, Bashkiria, Buryatia, Yakutia, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan and Tyumen regions, are scheduled to take part in the exhibition and forum in 2025. All of them will demonstrate the country's identity to foreign guests. At the same time, Russians will be able to get acquainted with the culture, traditions and life of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and others. In 2025, Unique Russia is forming an extensive international program together with the representative offices of the BRICS+ countries and other friendly countries.

An important part of the exhibition will be the traditional historical component. One of the key expositions will be an exhibition dedicated to the 325th anniversary of the Assay Chamber of Russia, which is inextricably linked with the jewelry art of our country and the names of such outstanding jewelers of the past as Carl Faberge, Pavel Ovchinnikov, Ivan Khlebnikov, Andrey Postnikov. Reproductions of products of great predecessors will be presented along with the works of contemporary Russian jewelry companies, thus allowing to trace the continuity of traditions.

Another flagship of the exhibition will be an impressive exposition dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the folk arts and crafts enterprise "Torzhok Zolotoshvei". The guests will be able to see a ceremonial uniform of a naval admiral from the pre-revolutionary period, a copy of Catherine II's dress ordered by her during her visit to Torzhok, a modern uniform of the presidential regiment and the uniform of the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, as well as the banner of the Russian Empire, Soviet and Russian flags and three kokoshniks - pre-revolutionary, Soviet and modern.

The exhibition-forum will celebrate significant anniversaries that are directly related to folk arts and crafts and arts and crafts of Russia.

As in the previous years, the guests of the exhibition will enjoy a lot of cultural and business events - forums, festivals, shows of designer collections of clothes, performances of creative teams, lectures and meetings with heroes and veterans, international events with the participation of embassies of foreign countries.

The guests of the exhibition will be able to get acquainted with the unsurpassed creativity of Russian and international artists, masters of folk arts and crafts and arts and crafts, see and purchase products of professionals of the highest level, as well as participate in master classes and learn about innovative projects.

The exhibition is organized by the Foundation for the Preservation and Development of Culture, Traditional Spiritual and Moral Values, Historical Memory "Unique Country", the Association of Organizations of Folk Arts, Craftsmen and Artists "Heritage and Traditions", the Foundation for the Development of Artistic Industry and Jewelry Art.