Gorky
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Gorky may refer to:
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People:
- Maxim GorkyMaxim GorkyAlexei 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:...
(1868–1936), Russian author and political activist, founder of socialist realism - Arshile GorkyArshile GorkyArshile Gorky was an Armenian-born American painter who had a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism. As such, his works were often speculated to have been informed by the suffering and loss he experienced of the Armenian genocide.-Early life:...
(1904?–48), Armenian/American abstract expressionist painter
Inhabited localities:
- Gorky, name of Nizhny NovgorodNizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
, Soviet Union from 1932 to 1990
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- Gorky ReservoirGorky ReservoirGorky Reservoir is an artificial lake in the central part of the Volga River formed by a hydroelectric dam of Gorky Hydroelectric Station built in 1955 between the towns of Gorodets and Zavolzhye and filled in 1955 – 1957...
, on the Volga in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia - 2768 Gorky2768 Gorky2768 Gorky is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by L. V. Zhuravleva in 1978. It is named after Maxim Gorky, the Russian writer....
, asteroid
See also
- GorkiGorkiGorki may refer to:*Gorki, Russia, name of several inhabited localities in Russia*Gorki , originally named "Gorky", Belgian band of Luc De Vos-See also:*Gorki , a station of the Kazan Metro, Kazan, Russia*Gorky...
(set index article) - Górki (disambiguation), various locations in Poland
- Gorky Park (disambiguation)
- Gorky Film StudioGorky Film StudioGorky Film Studio is a film studio in Moscow, Russian Federation. By the end of the Soviet Union, Gorky Film Studio had produced more than 1,000 films...
, Moscow - Gorky's Zygotic MynciGorky's Zygotic MynciGorky's Zygotic Mynci were a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in Carmarthen, west Wales in 1991. They sang songs in both Welsh and English. They split up in May 2006.-Biography:...
, Welsh indie band, 1991–2006- Gorky 5Gorky 5Gorky 5 is the fifth album by Welsh band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, released on 27 August 1998. It was their last album for Mercury Records and features the singles "Let's Get Together " and "Sweet Johnny".-Track listing:...
, their fifth album
- Gorky 5
- Gorky 17Gorky 17Gorky 17 is a turn-based tactics computer game developed by Polish developer Metropolis Software and published by Monolith Productions for Windows in 1999. The game was later ported to Linux by Hyperion Entertainment and published by Linux Game Publishing in 2006...
(aka Odium), turn-based tactics computer game