Coordinates: 55°43′42″N 37°36′0″E

Gorky Park (Moscow)

Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (Russian:
Центральный парк культуры и отдыха (ЦПКиО) имени Горького,
Gorky Park
tr. Tsentralny park kultury i otdykha imeni Gorkogo, IPA: [tsɨnˈtralʲnɨj
ˈpark kʊlʲˈturɨ i ˈoddɨxə ˈimɪnɪ ˈɡorʲkava]) is a central park in
Moscow, named after Maxim Gorky. In August 2018, the Park's 90th
anniversary was celebrated.[1]

Contents
History Main portal of the Gorky Park
Transformation
In popular culture
References
External links

History

Location in Moscow
Location Moscow, Russia
Coordinates 55°43′42″N 37°36′0″E
Area 300 acres (120 ha)
Open 1928
Public transit access Vorobyovy Gory
Park Kultury
Park Kultury
Oktyabrskaya
Oktyabrskaya
Leninsky Prospekt
Ploshchad Gagarina
Website Gorky Park
Pond in Gorky Central Park of
Culture and Leisure, 1982 Gorky Park, located at Krymsky Val and situated just across the Moskva River from
Park Kultury Metro station, opened in 1928. The park followed the plan of
Konstantin Melnikov, a widely known Soviet avant-garde and constructivist
architect, and amalgamated the extensive gardens of the old Golitsyn Hospital and of the Neskuchny Palace, covering an area of 300
acres (120 ha) along the river.[2] The history of the Neskuchny Garden can be traced back to 1753, when it emerged in the area
between Kaluzhskaya Zastava and Trubetskoy Moskva river-side estate. The neighboring area to Neskuchny Garden, from Krymsky
Val to Neskuchny Garden, received little attention right up until the 1920s. Initially it was covered with park gardens, meadows and
vegetable gardens belonging to the owners of neighboring estates. It formed a wasteland by the end of the 19th century, and served as
a waste heap.
The First All-Russian Agricultural and Handicraft Industries Exhibition opened in 1923 on the wasteland that had been cleared
during the course of communist community work days. A resolution for the exhibition was passed on 19 October 1922 and the
exhibition opened one and a half years later on 19 May 1923. After bidding for the exhibition's layout plan, which proposed four
arrangements — Sokol, Khodynskoye Pole, Petrovsko-Razumovskypark and the river areas near Krymsky bridge — preference was
given to the last option.

On 15 March 1928 by a resolution of the Presidium of the Moscow Council, the Agricultural and Handicraft Industries Exhibition
was enlarged and transformed into the Central Park of Culture and Leisure — the country’s first park of its kind, which was referred
to as an outdoor "cultural enterprise". In 1932 the park was named after M.A. Gorky. The idea of a need for a central park of culture
and leisure in Moscow arose in the late 1920s in relation to Moscow's reconstruction with notions of a socialist "city of the future".

Transformation
In 2011 Gorky Park underwent a major reconstruction. New director of Central Park
of Culture and LeisureSergei Kapkov demolished approximately 100 attractions and
illegal objects. More than two thousand square meters of new asphalt roadbed was
laid on the site of demolished objects and 1.9 ha of new lawns and flowerbeds were
laid out.[3][4] All amusement rides but one, a two deck carousel, have been removed
in order to transform the place into an eco-friendly recreational zone. Free entry,[5]
Wi-Fi coverage, new zones of contemporary design, a well thought-out events
program have transformed Gorky Park into one of the epicenters of life in the
Gorky Park Roller Coaster (removed
capital. In order to create something new, it was necessary to clean the park of
in 2011)
abandoned buildings, carts, tents, advertising structures and attractions. Renovation
of monuments, cleaning the ponds and delivering soil and grass turf started. Gorky
Park was transformed in several months, becoming the first Russian park that could now compete with the leading parks of the world.
A 15,000 square meter ice rink, with separate zones for children, hockey, dancing, and general skating, was officially opened in
December 2011. In winter, a skating school of Alexei Yagudin runs on the skating rink.[6][7][8]

Shortly after he took over the park, Sergei Kapkov was appointed to the role Moscow Government Minister and Head of the
Department of Cultural Heritage. Olga Zakharova had replaced Ser [2]
gei Kapkov and has been holding the position ever since.

In popular culture
The park was described in the novelGorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith. It was later made into a film with thesame
name.
The German hard rock band Scorpions achieved great success with their popular single, Wind
" of Change", which
[9]
references Gorky Park in light of the sociopolitical changes taking place in a post-
Cold War era in Eastern Europe
in the early 1990s.
A Russian rock band Gorky Park is named after the park.
" odka"[10] by Morena, which represented Malta in the Eurovision Song
Gorky Park is mentioned in the song V
Contest 2008.
A CIA agent brush-passes a Russian agent in Gorky Park at night in the 2018 film
Red Sparrow.
The park was mentioned in Episode 6 of Season 3 of the TV seriesHouse of Cards
The park was mentioned in Episode 8 of Season 2 "New Car" and Episode 3 of Season 5 of the FX original series
The Americans

References
1. "Moscow's Gorky Park celebrates 90th anniversary"(https://www.dw.com/en/moscows-gorky-park-celebrates-90th-a
nniversary/av-45204257). Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com).
2. Gorky Park in Eagle, Russia(http://www.moscow-taxi.com/4children/gorky-park.html) Retrieved on 2013-10-25.
 3. Александра Мерцалова (2013-08-09). "Фабрика счастья. Забытая история парка Горького" (http://www.aif.ru/so
ciety/history/fabrika_schastya_zabytaya_istoriya_parka_gorkogo)
. Аргументы и факты.
4. "Парк Горького" (http://mosprogulka.ru/places/park_gorkogo). Моспрогулка.
5. "Парк Горького. Вход в парк Горького сделали бесплатным" (http://www.the-village.ru/village/city/gorky-park/1074
91-demontazh-v-parke-gorkogo). The Village.
6. "Школа фигурного катания Алексея Ягудина" (https://park-gorkogo.com/events/702). Официальный сайт парка
Горького.
7. "Школа фигурного катания в Парке Горького" (https://www.mos.ru/calendar/event/39320088/). Официальный
сайт Мэра Москвы.
8. Максим Мартемьянов (2011-12-02)."Бегущий на лезвиях: Первые посетители катка в парке Горького" (http://w
ww.thevillage.ru/village/people/people/110449-v-parke-gorkogo-otkrylsya-katok/). The Village.
9. Scorpions - Wind Of Change(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ) Retrieved on 2015-07-04.
10. Eurovision 2008 - Malta (Vodka) By Morena (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JsMkJcA7Bw) Retrieved on 2009-
09-27.

External links
Official Gorky Park website
A photo gallery
Summer Education program in Gorky Park
The woman behind Gorky Park’s rebirth

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