{"id":528,"date":"2014-12-07T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/gorky-park\/"},"modified":"2019-09-17T15:33:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T22:33:12","slug":"moscow-gorky-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/moscow-gorky-park","title":{"rendered":"Gorky Park in Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><strong>Gorky Park is a Central Park of Moscow,<\/strong> with 100, 000 people\u00a0a day on the weekend. \u00a0It features<strong> Europe&#8217;s largest skating rink <\/strong>with artificial ice in winter.<\/p>\n<p>What made Gorky Park #1 in Moscow? Apart from being a fantastic spot for our <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/moscow\/tours\/moscow-at-night\">Moscow night tours<\/a>, there are some other reasons&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1458\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1458\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1458 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/gorky-park.-Photo-gazeta.ru_.jpg\" alt=\"most beautiful park in Europe\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local Fun. Gorky Park. Photo: gazeta.ru<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gorky\u00a0park was a fashionable place in <strong>Soviet times<\/strong>\u00a0with its carnivals and ballet in the water. Since 2011 the park has been setting\u00a0new standards for social events, so it has earned a reputation as one of the main urban areas of leisure for Muscovites. This space is designed for a young progressive audience focused on the European way of life.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_52465\"  width=\"1070\" height=\"602\"  data-origwidth=\"1070\" data-origheight=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/69pe_qmsbGE?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>How Gorky Park started<\/h2>\n<p>Gorky Park\u00a0celebrated its 85th anniversary on August 12, 2013. The story of Gorky Park started with\u00a0All-Russian agricultural exhibition, which was first held here in 1923, and later moved to the\u00a0modern V.V.C. (VDNKH).Over a million people visited that exhibition in 1923. Fun fact here is that the whole population of all Moscow that year was 1.5 million people. And it was in 1923 when the first population census was held in Moscow. Anyways&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The whole idea of an\u00a0open park where you can relax and have fun was mind blowing for people back in the 20s. On\u00a0the official opening of the park, 12 August 1928, Muscovites found out that they\u00a0have to pay an entrance fee, which most of them did\u00a0not want to. As a result, more than 100 thousand people broke into the park, breaking barriers and trampling grass and flowers on the tracks.<\/p>\n<p>The most unusual carnival in Gorky Park was staged in 1987, in honor of the 840th anniversary of Moscow. To motivate people to dress up, the management of the park \u00a0made the entrance free for people in costumes and even negotiated with the managements of Moscow Metro to\u00a0let people use the subway for free if they were dressed up in some fun costumes. There were especially many Musketeers that day in the subway :)<\/p>\n<h2>Symbols of Gorky\u00a0park<\/h2>\n<p>The main symbol of the park for many years\u00a0was a plaster sculpture &#8220;Girl with a Paddle&#8221;, which, however, was not destined to survive. In 1936 the\u00a0Soviet citizens found\u00a0the sculpture girl too naked and embarrassing. The focus was on sports programs, so there were other famous sculptors, like &#8220;Girl Diver&#8221;, &#8220;Discus Thrower&#8221; and others.<\/p>\n<p>Another Girl with a paddle was\u00a0destroyed in 1941 during the war and, finally, the third sculpture was damaged by vandals in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>One of the modern symbols of the park was a\u00a0space shuttle &#8220;Buran&#8221;. This was also a hello from the USSR, though Buran had never been in the space. When\u00a0the\u00a0monument just appeared in the park in the early 90s, no one knew what to do with it, so the employees just started giving tours of the ship and feed people with food from a tube.\u00a0That was a hit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1459\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1459\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1459 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/girl.-Photo-mosday.ru_.jpg\" alt=\"off the beaten path in Moscow\" width=\"405\" height=\"540\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moscow Gorky Park. Girl with a paddle Photo: mosday.ru<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>More\u00a0Fun Facts about Gorky Park<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Until 1923\u00a0the area was simply a<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0garbage dump.<\/span><br \/>\nIn the beginning of the 1950s, Gorky Park housed a small factory for the production of soda (lemon peel was used for making lemonades)<\/li>\n<li>In the 1930s here was built 35-meter tower for parachute jumps, where young people from various military and sports clubs trained.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_69411\"  width=\"1070\" height=\"803\"  data-origwidth=\"1070\" data-origheight=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GTUIjd_9G18?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gorky Park was named after a Russian writer Maxim Gorky Park in 1932.<\/li>\n<li>In 1932 Gorky Park first launched\u00a0the first children&#8217;s railway, with the length of as only 528 meters.<\/li>\n<li>Gorky Park has its own Rose sort, called &#8220;Gorky Park&#8221;. It was brought by the French breeder Philip Manga. This rose is resistant to\u00a0low temperatures. Presentation of the Rose was held in 2012, to the accompaniment of a symphony orchestra from the Netherlands, who played the music of Shostakovich.<\/li>\n<li>On May 1, 2013 the park got its Hyde Park area for public events.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0English writer H.G. Wells was among the fans of Gorky Park. During his\u00a0Moscow visit in 1934 at the invitation of Joseph Stalin, Wells called the park &#8220;Factory of Happy People&#8221;, which was later shortened simply to &#8220;Happiness Factory&#8221; and actively used in the guidebooks. He wrote: &#8220;When I die for capitalism and will rise again in the Soviet heaven, then I would wake up directly in the Park of Culture and Rest (the present-day Gorky Park)&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Gorky Park has its own ice-cream brand of the same name. The leader\u00a0is the Soviet &#8220;plombir&#8221;, while\u00a0creme brulee, chocolate ice cream and fruit sorbets are also popular.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1460\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1460\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1460 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Photo-m24.ru_.jpg\" alt=\"Moscow in winter\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gorkly Park in winter. Ice-cream installation. Photo m24.ru<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Gorky Park released a series of souvenirs &#8211;\u00a0pieces of the park, which you can always\u00a0carry with you.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0new mobile application from PlayDisplay will take\u00a0you\u00a0back into the past.\u00a0\u00abHistorama\u00bb allows you to see ancient views\u00a0of park by scanning\u00a0special tags in the park.<\/li>\n<li>In 2011 and 2012, Gorky Park was named the best park in Moscow.<\/li>\n<li>In 2012, Gorky Park received\u00a0Tourism and Hospitality Award &#8220;Guiding Star&#8221;, established by the Committee of Tourism and Hotel Business in Moscow and became the leader of the rating among amusement parks in Moscow according to RIA Novosti.<\/li>\n<li>Golitsyn pond\u00a0in Gorky Park can boast\u00a0400 kg of fish &#8211; grass carp and silver carp.<\/li>\n<li>The park has a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globosurfer.com\/best-beginner-snowboards\/\"> snowboard hill<\/a> \u00abBurton x Gorky Park&#8221;, located on the slope of a variety of shapes for jibbing. All pieces are designed and installed under the guidance of renowned professional riders.<\/li>\n<li>The park has its own mobile app for iPhone.<\/li>\n<li>Gorky covers an area of \u200b\u200b119 hectares and, though looks huge, \u00a0is considered one of the smallest touristy parks of Moscow. If you are curious, here are some of the famous landmarks, listed from the smallest to the largest: Abramtsevo (50 ha), Tsaritsino (100 ha), Gorky Park (119 ha), Kolomenskoe and Sparrow Hills (390 ha), Sokolniki (600 ha), Izmaylovskiy Park (1534 ha).<\/li>\n<li>Gorky Park is opened to public 24\/7 for free. Before 2011, the park had an entrance fee for all 83 years of its existence.<\/li>\n<li>Nowadays, the park is popular among locals for its dance classes, yoga classes, lectures, festivals and all kinds of cultural and modern events.<\/li>\n<li>Europe&#8217;s largest ice\u00a0rink with artificial ice\u00a0is also in Gorky Park. However, in winter 2014-2015, All-Russia Exhibition Centre<em>\u00a0<\/em>took the championship for one of the biggest skating rinks in the world:\u00a020,510 square meters, which is 1310 square meters larger than that of the champion of the previous years, FlevOnice rink in the Netherlands (19 200 sq. M).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sources:\u00a0inmsk.ru,\u00a0aif.ru<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_73618\"  width=\"1070\" height=\"602\"  data-origwidth=\"1070\" data-origheight=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ALKoD0cbfRk?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Would you like to visit Gorky Park when in Moscow?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gorky Park is a Central Park of Moscow, with 100, 000 people\u00a0a day on the weekend. \u00a0It features Europe&#8217;s largest skating rink with artificial ice in winter. 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