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The Eastern Trade Fair or Targi Wschodnie in Polish () was a major
retrieved November 9, 2007. The Eastern Trade Fair was held in Lwów's most attractive city park, called Stryj Park (''Park Stryjski'' in Polish), where the famous Racławice Panorama was exhibited during the General National Exhibition of 1894, next to the newly built Palace of Art (now an indoor swimming pool). Some 130 new pavilions were erected in 1921 from designs by Eugeniusz Czerwiński and Alfred Zachariewicz. The annual trade fair was held there 18 times before the invasion.
The opening ceremony of the first Eastern Trade Fair held on September 25, 1921, was marred by the failed attempt by a Ukrainian extremist, Stepan Fedak, to assassinate Poland's LWÓW 1929 directory
retrieved on November 9, 2007. The last fair took place in 1938. The next event was going to take place between September 2, and September 12, 1939, but was shortened after one week because of joint Nazi and Soviet attack on Poland.
The Eastern Trade Fair or Targi Wschodnie in Polish () was a major trade fair
A trade fair, also known as trade show, trade exhibition, or trade exposition, is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products and services, meet with industry partners and ...
in interbellum Poland.
History
It was established in 1921 in Lwów (nowLviv
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukrain ...
, Ukraine) right after the end of hostilities there; designed to facilitate new business partnerships from within Poland but also with Greater Romania
The term Greater Romania ( ro, România Mare) usually refers to the borders of the Kingdom of Romania in the interwar period, achieved after the Great Union. It also refers to a pan-nationalist idea.
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, Hungary
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and the Soviet Union
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among other places. The geographic location near the border with several foreign countries gave it an important role in stimulating international trade and fostering Poland's economic development.LWÓW 1929 directoryretrieved November 9, 2007. The Eastern Trade Fair was held in Lwów's most attractive city park, called Stryj Park (''Park Stryjski'' in Polish), where the famous Racławice Panorama was exhibited during the General National Exhibition of 1894, next to the newly built Palace of Art (now an indoor swimming pool). Some 130 new pavilions were erected in 1921 from designs by Eugeniusz Czerwiński and Alfred Zachariewicz. The annual trade fair was held there 18 times before the invasion.
Highlights
The opening ceremony of the first Eastern Trade Fair held on September 25, 1921, was marred by the failed attempt by a Ukrainian extremist, Stepan Fedak, to assassinate Poland's Chief of State
A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and l ...
, Józef Piłsudski
Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Naczelnik państwa, Chief of State (1918–1922) and Marshal of Poland, First Marshal of Second Polish Republic, Poland (from 1920). He was ...
. While Piłsudski dodged the bullets, the Lwów Province Governor
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
, Kazimierz Grabowski, was wounded.
By 1928, the Fair could boast some 1,600 exhibitors, about 400 being foreign firms. That year, the event attracted 150,000 visitors. The exhibition grounds comprised some , with 46 pavilions and other buildings of some of total exhibit space, as well as some of outdoor show areas.
The fairground had its own rail siding
A siding, in rail terminology, is a low-speed track section distinct from a running line or through route such as a main line, branch line, or spur. It may connect to through track or to other sidings at either end. Sidings often have lighte ...
with freight station and warehouses, a customs area
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and customs office, a telephone exchange and post office, and tram
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
connections to the city.retrieved on November 9, 2007. The last fair took place in 1938. The next event was going to take place between September 2, and September 12, 1939, but was shortened after one week because of joint Nazi and Soviet attack on Poland.
See also
*General National Exhibition in Lviv
The General National Exhibition in Lviv ( Polish: ''Powszechna Wystawa Krajowa we Lwowie'') was a national exposition held in 1894 in the city of Lviv (Polish: ''Lwów'') on the centenary of the Kościuszko Uprising. Its aim was to showcase the eco ...
* Poznań International Fair
* Targi Północne
* Polish culture in the Interbellum
Notes
{{Reflist 1921 establishments in Poland Recurring events disestablished in 1939 History of Lviv Trade fairs in Poland