Gorky Park
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Gorky Park may refer to:
  • Amusement parks in the USSR named after Maxim Gorky
    Maxim Gorky
    Alexei Maximovich Peshkov , primarily known as Maxim Gorky , was a Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.-Early years:...

    ; in particular:
    • Gorky Park (Moscow)
      Gorky Park (Moscow)
      Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure is an amusement park in Moscow, named after Maxim Gorky.-History:...

    • Gorky Park (Minsk)
      Gorky Park (Minsk)
      Gorky Park is a public park in Minsk, Belarus.In is located near the Victory Square and the Yanka Kupala Park....

    • Gorky Park (Perm)
    • Gorky Park (Kharkiv)
  • Gorky Park (novel)
    Gorky Park (novel)
    Gorky Park is a 1981 crime novel written by Martin Cruz Smith set in the Soviet Union. It follows Arkady Renko, a chief investigator for the Militsiya, who is assigned to a case involving three corpses found in Gorky Park, an amusement park in Moscow, who have had their faces and fingertips cut off...

     (1981), by Martin Cruz Smith
    Martin Cruz Smith
    Martin Cruz Smith is an American mystery novelist.-Early life and education:Born Martin William Smith in Reading, Pennsylvania, he was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing in 1964...

    , named after the Moscow park
  • Gorky Park (film)
    Gorky Park (film)
    Gorky Park is a 1983 film based on the novel Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith. It was directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by Dennis Potter ....

     (1983), based on the novel
  • Gorky Park (band)
    Gorky Park (band)
    Gorky Park or Парк Горького was a Soviet Glam Metal band, that gained mainstream popularity in USA during Perestroika. Gorky Park is famous for its kitsch use of western stereotypes of Russians, such as pseudo-traditional clothing, balalaika-like guitar design and Hammer and sickle as their logo...

    , Russian glam metal band, also named after the park
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