Gorky Park (Moscow)

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Central Park of Culture and Rest is an amusement park in Moscow, Russia, named after Maxim Gorky.

The Soviet Space Shuttle OK-TVA structural test vehicle.

There is an annual Ice sculpture competition

Gorky Park was opened in 1928 and is located at Krymsky Val. The park was created by the amalgamation of the extensive gardens of the old Golitsyn Hospital and the Neskuchny Palace and covers an area of 300 acres (1.2 km²) along the river.

Gorky Park has children’s play areas, fun fairs, various rides, an enormous Ferris wheel, and one of the mockups (test units) from the Buran space shuttle program for the kids to take part in the “Cosmic Experience”.

During the winter the footpaths flood over and freeze, which allow ice-skating around the park.

The nearest train station is Park Kultury Metro Station.

[edit] Miscellaneous

The park has become known in the west as the title of a novel by Martin Cruz Smith, which was later made into a movie Gorky Park.
The successful and melodic German metal band, Scorpions, achieved great success with their popular single, "Wind of Change", which 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-n-Roll band Gorky Park is named after the park.