Gorbushka
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Gorbúshka is a marketplace for dealing in music, electronics and household equipment in Moscow
, Russia
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Before the year 2001 the name "Gorbushka" referred to an open-air black market for software, music, videos and electronics. The market was in the city square by the Gorbunov Palace of Culture
( ДК имени Горбунова), hence the name. The term itself is an associative usage of an untranslatable
Russian word for the first slice of a round loaf bread half-covered with bread crust and with the shape resembling a hump
(Russian:горб). The word itself has many cultural associations in Russia.
The market dealt mostly in unlicensed music and software CDs, videos, gaming consoles with mod chips, as well as PC and console games. Due to the copyright infringement
issues Gorbushka was in sights of the government for a long time. The market closed in 2001.
In its place a more legal shopping center Gorbuskin dvor was opened. However, inexpensive pirated CDs/DVDs are still perfectly available in this new shopping center.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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Before the year 2001 the name "Gorbushka" referred to an open-air black market for software, music, videos and electronics. The market was in the city square by the Gorbunov Palace of Culture
Gorbunov Palace of Culture
Gorbunov Palace of Culture is a popular concert hall in the west of Moscow, best known for rock concerts and Live records by various bands. The building is constructed in the style of constructivism in 1929–1938. The palace is named after aviaconstructor Sergei P...
( ДК имени Горбунова), hence the name. The term itself is an associative usage of an untranslatable
Lexical gap
A lexical gap or lacuna is an absence of a word in a particular language. Types of lexical gaps include untranslatability and missing inflections.-Untranslatability:...
Russian word for the first slice of a round loaf bread half-covered with bread crust and with the shape resembling a hump
Hump
Hump may refer to:* HUMP! , an annual presentation of amateur pornography* The Hump, a name given by WWII Allied pilots to part of the Himalayan mountains* Kyphosis, the curve on an upper spine that causes a hunchback* Speed hump...
(Russian:горб). The word itself has many cultural associations in Russia.
The market dealt mostly in unlicensed music and software CDs, videos, gaming consoles with mod chips, as well as PC and console games. Due to the copyright infringement
Copyright infringement
Copyright infringement is the unauthorized or prohibited use of works under copyright, infringing the copyright holder's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.- "Piracy" :...
issues Gorbushka was in sights of the government for a long time. The market closed in 2001.
In its place a more legal shopping center Gorbuskin dvor was opened. However, inexpensive pirated CDs/DVDs are still perfectly available in this new shopping center.