Gorky Central Park is an amusement park in Moscow, and takes the name of the writer Máximo Gorki. The park was opened in 1928 and is located in Val Krymsky and located just across the Moskva River.
It was created by the merger of the gardens of the former Golitsin Hospital and the Neskuchny Palace and covers an area of 300 acres (120 ha) along the river. [1]
It features playgrounds, fun fairs, rides at various attractions, a huge Ferris wheel, and one of the mock-ups (test units) of the Buran space shuttle program, which allows children to participate in 'the experience cosmic ». During winter the paths of flooding one and preventative, allowing ice skating throughout the park.
The list of attractions includes a virtual capsule, Big Ben, Break Dance, Buran, Waltz, The Game Room, Eurostar, Karting, the dream ship, Music Express, Niagara, the Cave of Horror, trip to Africa, winner games, Rally, Serpentine, Carousel of the Chains, the Black Hole, among other attractions.
German metal band Scorpions achieved great success with their popular single, "Wind of Change," which references Gorky Park in light of the socio-political changes taking place in a post-Cold War era in Eastern Europe in the early 1990s. XNUMX.
Also Gorky Park is mentioned in the song "Vodka" by Morena, who represented Malta at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest.