Moscow rock band Gorky Park. Soviet parks - a place of cultural recreation for citizens Central Park of Culture as a reflection of the spirit of the times

The Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (CPKiO) was founded in 1928; its chief architect, who carried out the layout of the park's ground floor in the late 1920s, was the avant-garde architect Konstantin Melnikov. The park, which covers an area of ​​about 100 hectares, did not arise out of nowhere. In 1923, the All-Russian Agricultural and Handicraft Exhibition took place here. “I attach great great value exhibition, - wrote V.I. Lenin, - I am confident that all organizations will provide it with full assistance. I wish from the bottom of my heart best success" This event was innovative not only in the field of economics, but also in the field of architecture.

Pushkinskaya (Alexandrinskaya, Neskuchnaya) embankment arose in early XIX century. According to the design of Matvey Kazakov, two white stone gazebos were built (in the period 1796-1802). In 1928, the embankment became part of the Central Park of Culture and Leisure named after. Gorky.

Arch of the Main Entrance (1955, architect Yuri Shchuko).

Monument to Maxim Gorky:

But let's go back to 1923.

The All-Russian Agricultural and Handicraft Exhibition was opened on August 19, 1923. The basis for the construction and holding of the exhibition was the decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee “On the All-Russian Agricultural Exhibition” (dated December 15, 1922). Construction took place on the site of vegetable gardens and landfills. The best architects of that time took part in the design of the objects: A. Shchusev, V. Oltarzhevsky, I. Zholtovsky, K. Melnikov, V. Shchuko, F. Shekhtel. The main architectural and planning idea of ​​the master plan for the exhibition, proposed by Zholtovsky, was to create a large parterre, in the center of which it was initially planned to build a fountain with a symbolic sculpture of awakening Russia. Separate pavilions addressed the fountain and sculpture. At the Exhibition, techniques of the Russian architectural avant-garde were used for the first time, which were subsequently embodied in various capital buildings. One of the most innovative at the exhibition was the Makhorka Pavilion, built according to Melnikov’s design.

This agricultural and industrial forum turned out to be more than successful: the exposition was visited by 1,500,000 people, and about 600 foreign companies took part in the exhibition. At that time, the young Soviet Republic was taking its first steps in creating a socialist economy, in restoring the economy after revolutionary upheavals and wars. 16 years later, an even more impressive All-Union Agricultural Exhibition, later known as VDNKh and All-Russian Exhibition Center, will open in the north of Moscow. By 1939, the USSR had become a powerful industrial power. But that's another story.

Of the 255 objects built for the 1923 exhibition, only the dilapidated Mechanical Engineering pavilion (architect I. Zholtovsky) has survived to this day. It turned out to be the only one made of monolithic reinforced concrete. Other buildings were wooden.

In 1923, the first Soviet tractors and agricultural equipment were exhibited here. Two years later, the pavilion became part of the international automobile exhibition. In 1929, the “hexagon” hosted an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by the Society of Moscow Artists. In the 1930s and post-war years the pavilion complex was known as a popular restaurant and fashionable dance floor.

Subsequently, the catering establishment closed, the buildings were used as office and warehouse premises in Gorky Park, and after several fires they were finally abandoned in the late 1970s. The Gorky Park administration plans to restore the remaining historical buildings. In addition to the Mashinostroeniya hexagon, this is a pre-war restaurant near Golitsyn Ponds and several buildings on the territory of Neskuchny Garden.

Comprehensive information about Hexagon can be found in the blog: http://cocomera.livejournal.com/231096.html

From above you can clearly see that the six bodies look like a stylized gear:

In 1932, a children's room opened in Gorky Park. railway length 528 meters. The road was electrified; one of the two stations had a depot and its own electrical substation. There are not many documentary details about the existence of the first Children's Railway in the USSR; it is known that by 1939 it was already closed.

In the spring of 1943, samples of captured German equipment were exhibited in the park, including the first captured operational Tiger tank.

Among the entertainment offered to the townspeople were the "Alley of Laughter", the "Chapito" circus, a shooting gallery, a chess club, sports grounds, attractions "The Big Carousel", "Planes", "Flying People" and others. It can be added that the parachute tower was also a popular attraction of the park before the war.

Vacationers could get food in the dairy cafe, ice cream cafe "Arctic", restaurants "Caucasian", "Lastochka" and "Plzensky", cafe "Lily of the Valley", "Cafe of Meetings". Later, the two-story restaurant “Vremena Goda” became an iconic catering establishment.

Restaurant "Swallow"

And here it is famous sculpture Ivan Shadr's "Girl with an Oar", which was destroyed in 1941. Photo from 1936:

“In Soviet times, the Central Park of Culture and Culture was a town with its own police, fire and medical units. There was a post office and a savings bank here. By modern standards, the attractions were weak, but visitors sincerely enjoyed them. Competitions were held in running in sacks or on one leg. On the Zeleny stage Amateur artistic groups performed at the theater and sang songs to the accordion, the lyrics of which were written on posters. And visitors, together with the entertainers, learned dances. To ride a kayak, you had to be dressed in sports uniform. Carnivals were held at the Central Park of Culture and Culture. There were many retail outlets, but the sale of alcohol was prohibited,” writes the blogger http://stomaster.livejournal.com/1815786.html

But here is something preserved in Gorky Park, presumably from 1930-1950.

In the 1970-1990s, the park became not as original as in previous years. IN troubled times They didn’t build anything new, they just updated the attractions. And these were not the good old swing-carousels, but creepy Americanized monsters.

The Central Park of Culture and Leisure named after M. Gorky is the main park of Moscow, located in the city center on the banks of the Moscow River at the address: Krymsky Val Street, building 9.

The M. Gorky Culture and Leisure Park was created by the decision of the Presidium of the Moscow Council of Workers, Red Army and Peasant Deputies on March 16, 1928 on the site of the 1st All-Russian Agricultural and Handicraft Exhibition. Since the formation of the park, Neskuchny Garden has been located within its borders - a natural park in Moscow, formed as a result of the merger of three estates of the 18th century that belonged to the princes Golitsyn, Trubetskoy and Demidov. Academician Ivan Zholtovsky, avant-garde architect Konstantin Melnikov, and architect Alexander Vlasov, who completed the final layout of the park, worked on the layout of the park. To enter the park there are two propylaea, built in the shape of the Triumphal Gate - from the side of Krymsky Val Street (1955, architect Yuri Shchuko) and a passage from Leninsky Prospekt. In 1932, the park was named after the writer Maxim Gorky.

Initially, the park hosted exhibitions of the Moscow City Council and organized sports and leisure activities. The park has rowing, baths, carousels, attractions (roller coasters, water slides, crashing cars), interest clubs gathered and sports tournaments were held. The first children's railway was opened in the children's town of the M. Gorky Park, and a circus tent was in operation. Mass events were held in the park: a carnival of nationalities, physical education festivals, prize competitions, and military and other orchestras played.

Entrance was paid; turnstiles were installed under the arch of the Main Entrance in the 2000s.

At the entrance to the park, visitors were greeted by a carousel with half-naked fairies. It has been preserved, only moved to the embankment.

Model of the space shuttle "Buran". Visitors climbed inside along air bridges based on MAZ and UAZ vehicles.

It is unlikely that the townspeople will greatly regret the dismantling of such attractions in 2011. What you can regret is the loss of the Ferris wheel - one of the oldest in Moscow.

The large Ferris wheel was built in 1958, its height is 60 meters (according to other sources - 45 m). One of the symbols of the then Gorky Park was dismantled in 2008.

The 14-meter-high children's Ferris wheel was preserved closer to Pushkinskaya Embankment, but was also dismantled around 2010-2011.

This was the view from above of the Vremena Goda restaurant. In the distance you can see the Hexagon pavilion with its roof still on. After the fires, both buildings were abandoned.

This is what the Vremena Goda restaurant looks like now. Reconstruction is planned with the subsequent placement of an exhibition of contemporary art.

At all times there were many in Gorky Park sculptural compositions- from Shadr's classics to modern ones, several parody versions.

The Gorky Park group has the status of a world legend. And this is not surprising, because in the first years of its existence the group already had hundreds of thousands of records sold under its belt, and their hits were heard by everyone. Better known among foreign listeners as Gorky Park, the group entered the history of world rock music as a phenomenon.

History of creation and composition

The biography of the Gorky Park group began in 1987 in the USSR at the Center. The history of creation is such that the team was initially created with a focus on the American market. The name “Gorky Park” did not come to the producer by chance, because the rehearsal site was located on the territory of the park of culture and recreation named after, and besides, at that time the novel of the same name by Martin Cruz Smith was heard abroad.

The composition of the group was very unusual: each of the young people had experience in popular rock bands. The first participant was Alexey Belov, who took the place of lead guitar. Previously he participated in the team “Moscow” and VIA “Nadezhda”, and since 1983 he has been involved in arrangements.

Got a position as a vocalist. He worked together with Belov in the group “Moscow”, and then sang in the restaurant “Rus”, from where he went to the group “Gorky Park” at the invitation of Stas Namin.

Alexander Minkov, today known under the name, became a bass guitarist. Alexander Lvov took the place behind the drum kit, and Yan Yanenkov was responsible for the guitar. The last three musicians to come to Gorky Park were different times participated in the “Stas Namin Group”. These members represented the original composition of the group, in which the musicians lasted 3.5 years.

Music

In the fall of 1987, after several months of hard rehearsals, the group made its stage debut. A video was shot for the track “Fortress”, broadcast on the popular American program “Don King Show”.

In August 1989, the band's first album, called "Gorky Park", was released. The cover featured a logo in the form of the letters “GP”, stylized as a hammer and sickle. After the fall of the Iron Curtain and thanks to growing Western interest in Soviet Union The Gorky Park group quickly became popular in the USA.

The single “Bang” lasted 2 months on American MTV, reaching 3rd position. As for the single “Try To Find Me,” it reached position 81 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Gorky Park the first Soviet group to appear on this chart. The album “Gorky Park” itself reached position 80 on the Billboard 200, sales of which exceeded 300 thousand copies in 3 weeks.

Song "Bang" by the group "Gorky Park"

The next single was “Peace in Our Time”, recorded with, which received excellent rotation.

The members had successful tours in Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Norway, and also performed two large-scale tours in the United States. The concerts were a huge success and were broadcast on American television. The participants were remembered for their performances in stage costumes with folk themes and guitars in the shape of balalaikas.

“Gorky Park” was at the pinnacle of success, but after the dismissal of the manager by members of the group, their career began to falter. At the same time, Nikolai Noskov left the lineup; the presumed reasons for the musician’s departure were fatigue and pressure from the participants.

Due to changes in the composition of the group, Alexander Marshal takes the place of soloist. The team began recording new material called “Moscow Calling”, vocalists Richard Marx and Fee Vabil took part in the creation process.

Song “Moscow Calling” by the group “Gorky Park”

In 1992, the album was released in Russia and many other countries under the name “Gorky Park II”. Although the album did not hit the American charts, it managed to gain significant popularity - sales worldwide amounted to half a million copies. The disc gained particular fame in Denmark, receiving platinum status there.

Thanks to the global success of Moscow Calling, the team gained financial independence and set up their own studio in Los Angeles.

In 1995, keyboard player Nikolai Kuzminykh joined the group. Upon returning to Russia, the performers went on tour, after which Gorky Park began recording material for the third studio album in a new studio in Los Angeles.

During preparations for the release of the album “Stare,” a scandal broke out with the group’s ex-producer Stas Namin over the rights to the name “Gorky Park.” But the parties quickly came to a compromise: the performers bought the name.

Song “Two candles” (“Two candles”) by the group “Gorky Park”

The third official album was released in 1996, followed by a tour of Russian cities. After 2 years, the group released their next studio album, “Protivofazza”. Soon the musicians finally returned to their homeland. The plans included recording a live album, but events occurred that changed everything once and for all.

The end of 1998 was marked by a fatal event for the group. Three main musicians left the lineup at once: Yanenkov, Lvov and Minkov. The latter explained his departure by the desire to realize his own ideas.

A little later, unexpectedly for all listeners, Alexander appeared on stage under the pseudonym Alexander Marshal with songs in the style of Russian chanson.

Having suffered significant disruptions, the activities of the performers continued. Alexey Nelidov replaced the vocalist and bass guitarist, and Alexander Makin became the drummer. Yanenkov joined Marshal to record the album “White Ash”. When the work was finished, the musician returned to the group.

Song “Made in Russia” by the group “Gorky Park”

In 2001, Gorky Park released a single and video for the track “Made in Russia.” The performers were preparing a studio album, but the work never saw the light of day, since Alexey Nelidov left the band and moved to Germany. The dissolution of the team was officially announced, and a break came in the history of Gorky Park.

After a long silence, Belov and Yanenkov decide to resume concerts as “Musicians of the Gorky Park group” together with Alexander Makin at the drum kit. But this project did not last long and quickly closed.

In 2012, the Gorky Park group held 3 concerts. The performers in the first lineup performed on the television program “ Evening Urgant" and gave anniversary concert, dedicated to the 25th anniversary. In July, the musicians played at the “Invasion” festival, but without Nikolai Noskov.

The next time the reason for the gathering was the show program of the fight and. Then, after a silence of 2 years, a last concert Gorky Park with the album “Moscow Calling” accompanied by symphony orchestra at City Hall.

Gorky Park now

Now there are no prerequisites for re-establishing the group; each musician is busy with his own project. Today, the exception is Nikolai Noskov, in whose life trouble happened. A man was hospitalized due to a stroke, and after a temporary improvement, he is again struggling with the serious consequences of the disease.

As for Alexey Belov, he continues to perform solo, produces new projects and writes songs for his wife. In July 2018, the musician released a new single called “Live in Moscow” - the first track in his future solo album.

In honor of this event, Belov gave an interview to Ekho Moskvy radio, where he spoke about the years spent in the Gorky Park group and the prospects for a solo project. As for Alexander Marshal, he continues his successful solo career. Photos of Gorky Park participants can be found on the Internet.

In 2016, a scandal broke out over the pseudo-group “Gorky Park,” whose members traveled around the country and were planning to record a Russian-language album. It turned out that this action is in charge former member group Yan Yanenkov and a certain Egor Dervoed, a self-named producer and director.

To clarify the situation, Alexander Marshal and Alexey Belov held a press conference. Belov said that one day he received a call from the administrator of Ukhta, who asked in a nervous voice whether the Gorky Park group was coming to their concert. The surprised musician admitted that he was hearing about this for the first time.

After this, the caller said that a festival was being organized in Komi, to which the group “Gorky Park” was invited, and an advance payment had already been made to Yegor Dervoed in the amount of 100 thousand rubles. The head of Komi saw the lists of the team and was indignant when he did not find Belov there. As a result, Alexey and his wife had to go, because the situation almost ended in tears.

At the end of the press conference, the musicians announced that Yanenkov was no longer a member of the Gorky Park group. Marshall and Belov also said that they would resolve the issue with the surrogate by immediately contacting law enforcement agencies. It is unknown how the proceedings ended.

The track “Moscow Calling” became the official soundtrack to the series “Fizruk”.

Discography

• 1989 – “Gorky Park”
• 1992 – “Gorky Park 2”
• 1996 – “Stare”
• 1998 – “Protivofazza”

Clips

• Peace In Our Time
• My Generation
• Fortress
• Moscow Calling
• Stranger
• I'm Going Down
• Tell Me Why
• Stare
• Ocean
• Try To Find Me
• Two Candles

LJ user seg-o writes in his blog: Here we will talk about the Central Park of Culture and Leisure named after Gorky. About how I saw him last weekend and how he was before (very, very earlier).

A little history:
“Gorky Park in Moscow is located between Pushkinskaya Embankment and Leninsky Prospekt. In 1923, under the leadership of Academician I.V. Zholtovsky, the territory was developed to host the first All-Russian Agricultural Exhibition. In 1928, the territory of this exhibition, Neskuchny Garden and the adjacent part of Vorobyovy Gory were united into the Central Park of Culture and Culture. In 1930, architect A.V. Vlasov carried out its redevelopment. The entrances to the Central Park of Culture and Culture are made in the shape of the Triumphal Gate and are located on the street side Krymsky Val and Leninsky Prospekt. In 1932, the Central Park of Culture and Culture was named after Maxim Gorky. In 1943-1948. On its territory there was an Exhibition of captured weapons.

IN Soviet era The Central Park of Culture and Culture was a town with its own police, fire and medical units. There was a post office and a savings bank here. By modern standards, the attractions were weak, but visitors sincerely enjoyed them. Competitions were held in running in bags or on one leg. Amateur artistic groups performed on the stage of the Green Theater. They sang songs to the accordion, the text of which was written on posters. And the visitors learned dances together with the entertainers. You could ride a boat or kayak. To kayak you had to wear sportswear. Before the war, carnivals were held at the Central Park of Culture and Culture. There were many retail outlets here, but the sale of alcohol was prohibited. In the last Soviet decades, the Central Park of Culture and Culture looked like a place of ordinary recreation.”

3. This is how visitors saw the park in the late 1920s.
Notice how cool the benches and minimalist flower beds are. The scoop was different - at first it was beautiful.

4. Now there is a lot of asphalt here, which does not add warmth to the recreation areas at all.

6. Some areas are covered with red sand.

7. The Internet is available almost throughout the entire park, which is certainly a huge technological breakthrough and a big step towards visitors, although it cannot serve as a determining factor when choosing a vacation spot.

8.These wonderful people resting on the grass, despite the ban and a fine of three rubles. This probably comes from the fact that a person is always drawn closer to the ground. We need this contact.

9.And after some 80 years we were allowed. Allow it and even point it out. Here, they hung a sign - “you can.”

12.There are quite comfortable sun loungers on the lawns. Anyone can sit, move, or even sleep on them.

14. I am very glad that young and talented architects are attracted to design the park space. A couple of months ago, I already wrote that Moscow needs a new exhibition space for architects and designers. I think that the Central Park of Culture and Culture is an ideal place for this.

15. Let's look at some interesting examples from the life of small-form architecture in this territory. This lightweight, stylish design hides the strength meter and scales.
You see, a woman is in a hurry to go to a cafe, and the scale reminds her that she can’t eat much today. And then there will be “baba”.

16.Wooden structures in the 1920s - 30s.

17.Ice cream kiosks. This is not an umbrella from Mars.

18. Now the park has been cleared a little of those disgusting cafes and other objects that were captured open spaces and filled with new wooden structures. They can't be called beautiful, but they are nice and clean and fit in well with their surroundings.

20. Although the bad taste of the last 20 years is still visible.

21.By the way, on the territory of the park there is a good, although not at all cheap, restaurant - “Fisherman's House” - opened by the popular Ginza Project. The average cost of lunch for two (without alcohol) will be 1500-2000 rubles.

23.Technology and design have not yet reached some corners of the park. Here, information stands are designed manually.

24.”Mail”.

25.Late 30s. Confectionery on wheels.

26.Here are some more old photographs.
TsPKiO. Stakhanov exhibition. The estimated date of shooting is 1939.
It’s so beautiful and cozy here that you want to walk into this photo and stand by the fountain, admiring the light and open architecture.

27.30s. Green Theater.
It’s a pity that now there is no such popular, spacious and comfortable venue for concerts in the park. Everything is somehow in a flowerbed...

28. And here’s also an excellent photo: “This year, the double-headed eagles on the Kremlin towers were replaced with stars (still of the first type, not luminous). And those taken from Kremlin towers The eagles were put on display to the public at the Central Park of Culture and Culture.”

29.And this photograph was taken in the 50s - “vacationers on Lily of the Valley Alley of the park.” Notice how the graceful columns support the garlands.

30. Now you can’t swim in the river, and not only because of the presence of river transport - the river is too dirty.

31. Ponds. This is how they swam in the early 50s.

32.Late 50s.

33.Late 60s(?).

34.And so they swim and relax by the water now.
It seems that the ship on which the vacationers are sailing sailed to us from those very 60s. It would be better if it were fresher.

35.But the coastal area is decorated very cool! Wood cladding, wi-fi and easy access to electrical outlets keep the desire to spend a significant amount of time here.

39.Collective sports activities.
“Gorky Park was created in 1928 as a “CULTURAL PLANT” on fresh air on the territory of the former All-Russian Agricultural and Handicraft Exhibition of 1923, Neskuchny Garden and the adjacent part of Vorobyovy Gory.”

40. Now the park has an interesting sports ground. I've never ridden a board, but I love this idea!

43. Pleasant and unobtrusive navigation is located throughout the park.

45.By appearance and the state of the toilet can say a lot about a restaurant or cafe. Let's try to do the same with a public toilet in the park.
The appearance is quite pleasant and inspires confidence. We can say that the “owner” is a solid person with conservative views on life, but attaches great importance to little things. And even for many years existence in an unfavorable environment could not push him off his intended path. This is cool!

46. ​​Let's go inside.
Paid entry. Internet in the park is free, but going to the toilet costs 20 rubles. And Iota will not help here.
As can be seen with the naked eye, the contents of such an impressionable building were stuck somewhere in the early 90s, covered with multi-colored but variegated tiles (so that we didn’t have to wash it often), plastic lining and a persistent aroma reminding us that it was time for us to go out.

What can we conclude from this?
I think that the park management is on the right track, but it is still too early to be satisfied with what we have.

While summer is still here, be sure to visit the Park. See how it develops. Tell me.

) I was asked to do a “then and now” compilation to see how much the park has changed over the decades...

Park Kultury metro station in 1935. This was the final station on the very first line of the Moscow metro. During design, it was given the name "Park of Culture and Recreation", later slightly shortened for convenience - the park on the other side of the river was opened in 1928. In 1932, it was named after Gorky, and it would be logical to reflect this in the name of the metro station. But they have already gotten used to calling it simply Park of Culture... Later this more than once gave rise to jokes (“Park of Culture named after rest”)... This is what the first lobby on Crimean Square looked like. After the war in the 1940-50s, it was completely stopped for the opening of the Circle Line.

Young people of the 1930s with tennis rackets... The courts in the park were closed for a long time, but a few years ago they were restored, and many table tennis tables were installed.
Behind the backs of the young people the Crimean Bridge is visible - at that time there were no old overgrown trees and high front gates, and the view of the bridge opened even from the central alley of the park. Now it is visible only from Pushkinskaya Embankment...


Here is the bridge in the perspective of the park embankment.

A gate leads out from the embankment to the bridge. Not long ago, Gorky Park and Muzeon Park on the Krymskaya Embankment were united, and a walking area was created under the bridge so that a single pedestrian space would lead from park to park...

Like this. And in the evenings there is good lighting here.

And the Crimean Bridge itself is brightly illuminated... You can walk along it from the metro to the main entrance to the park.

The gate was built according to Shchuko’s design in the 1950s, when another reconstruction of the park was carried out.

Many flowers are usually planted on the area outside the gate. Tulips are planted in a single field, but for summer flowers, complex artistic flower beds are usually laid out.

Flower fields lead to a classically shaped balustrade, which replaced the pre-war one in the 1950s. Old photographs show that the railing posts were made in the shape of seahorses. Apparently in honor of the then popular idea “Moscow is a port of five seas” associated with the construction of the Moscow-Volga canal.

The old photo shows that there were flowers in the park in the 1930s, although the flowerbeds were not particularly well-groomed. But wooden buildings of temporary significance have long since sunk into oblivion...

Now flower beds are given more care...

Before the war, in the center of the large fountain stood the famous “Girl with an Oar” by the sculptor Shadr (the sculptor himself and his creations should be discussed separately and in detail; a post is brewing!).
The sculpture was destroyed during a bombing in 1941... Now the large fountain is devoid of sculpture, but it has installations for color music.

Even in autumn, when the leaves turn red and fall off, the flowers at the fountain continue to bloom until the frost...

It is no longer surrounded by decorative railings; now the fountain is surrounded by benches.

The fountain often "gives concerts", and especially in holidays. City Day 2016

The attached Muzeon has its own color and musical fountain.

He is early in the morning, working “at half strength”...
And in Gorky Park, other fountains were preserved that were not included in the old footage...

Openwork fountain with a restored rose garden. In the 1990s there was only a bald lawn around.

View of the rose garden from the pedestrian bridge

An old but reconstructed fountain with a nymph, left over from the times of the Neskuchnoye estate.

"Ballerina" by Manizer is considered sculptural portrait Olga Lepeshinskaya.

There were many kiosks in the old park, especially along the central alley. Nowadays there are also kiosks, but not many - preference is given to cafes, tea houses and small restaurants.


And the central alley is dominated by flowers - according to the season...

In spring, old chestnut trees bloom beautifully... And the roof of the kiosk was captured in the frame. But it seems that old Muscovites treated them more reverently. And to food trucks too.

And now they prefer tea houses and cafes.

But when there are big food events like Maslenitsa or culinary festivals, temporary tents are lined up in long rows in the park.

There is also a buffet in the floating structure moored near the shore. And these days it is a rescue station.

You can ride around the park on this tram. And before the war there was a children's railway here.

Nowadays the public prefers bicycles - recreation should be active. Rental points are scattered throughout the park.

Water bus from the 1930s...

And modern...
Pleasure boats scurry along the river quite actively.

With music blaring, he walks past Muzeon to the pier in Gorky Park...

There is no longer a parachute tower in the park. But it is a place for regular meetings of paratroopers on Airborne Forces Day.

In 2015, at the anniversary of the Airborne Forces, the paratroopers simply amazed - sober airborne troops walked among the flowers and fountains and chatted nicely. I saw only two tipsy guys over 50 years old, but they behaved decently, marching towards the exit.
Many came with their wives and children, and there was no time for revelry.

Hipster paratroopers...

Still, we couldn’t do without the traditional bathing in the fountain...

The children were delighted!

Food again - then and now...


Sandwich bar and no carts!

The old stage has survived to this day, but it is almost never used. For holidays and music festivals They build temporary stages and then dismantle them.

The old dance floor died out for a long time during perestroika, but the new one has appeared in our days, right above the river, among the night lights... The requirements for appearance are more than democratic.

The arch that visually separated Neskuchny Garden from Gorky Park itself has now been replaced by a pedestrian bridge. The portrait of Stalin's People's Commissar Kaganovich, as well as the temporary detention facility itself, do not contribute much to unbridled fun.

IN Neskuchny Garden- squirrel kingdom. Squirrels are not shy, not afraid, and behave spontaneously. Have you brought the hotel? Let's!

Photos of squirrels from here: http://ilovemoscow.livejournal.com/1387229.html

But there are no more strength meters!

This is apparently open cafe. Now the ice cream crowd will move away from the counter to the tables.

There are a lot of cafes and places like this, and even with waiters...

What a horror!

Nowadays, not only is it not prohibited to lie on the grass, but you can also ask for an inflatable mattress!

The central part of almost all large alleys is now occupied by flower beds...

Remains of a construction exhibition that was located here before the park opened.
There doesn't seem to be a fountain around the vase, but just a reservoir of water. Now such vases surround the flower beds...

But this vase, alas, no longer exists - this year the patch with the vase was planted differently, and the vase itself was removed. It's a pity.

The park administration building, as it turned out, was a heavily rebuilt premises of the Bromley shipyard, which was located here before 1917.

Decorative descent to the water in the 1930s...

And now...

Golitsyn Ponds


Instead of boats there are now catamarans. And every rider is given a life jacket.

The ponds are partially fenced with railings... (photo by Ilya Varlamov)


And this part of the ponds, behind the bridge, is now closed to vacationers - it is given over to swans. Even the restaurant no longer has an open veranda.

All that remains is to admire it from the shore...

The White Lady chess club has been restored. But the pavilion is not heated, and only the most hardcore chess fans gather here. Spring will come, it will become warm, and all the boards in the pavilion and in the open area will be occupied!