Stock Photo - PRODUCTION - 18 November 2022, Saxony, Leipzig: Behind the converted front section of the listed Soviet Pavilion, with its 60-meter-high gilded spire and Red Star, a new hall is being built on the site of the Old Trade Fair Center. A biotech innovation center, among other things, will move into the building, the shell of which is scheduled to begin in 2023 around the preserved iron skeleton. The Soviet Pavilion, with its Red Star on a golden spire, is one of the most distinctive buildings on the old exhibition grounds. In GDR times, it was an exhibition hall for the Soviet Union and later stood empty for many years (to dpa ""Soviet pavilion and DIY store - conversion of the Alte Messe in Leipzig""). Photo: Waltraud Grubitzsch/dpa. - Leipzig/Saxony/Germany