Gorki Leninskiye Горки Ленинские | |
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| Coordinates:55°30′16.2″N37°45′54.1″E / 55.504500°N 37.765028°E /55.504500; 37.765028 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Moscow Oblast |
| Administrative district | Leninsky District |
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• Total | 3,586 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [2]) |
| Postal code[3] | 142712 |
| OKTMO ID | 46628155051 |
Gorki Leninskiye (Russian:Горки Ленинские,lit. 'Lenin's Gorki') is anurban locality (awork settlement) inLeninsky District ofMoscow Oblast,Russia, located 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) south ofMoscow city limits and theMoscow Ring Road. Its population is:3,586 (2010 census);[1]1,729 (2002 census);[4]1,711 (1989 Soviet census).[5]
The estate of Gorki belonged to various Muscovite noblemen from the 18th century. Zinaida Morozova, the widow ofSavva Morozov, purchased it in 1909, the year before she married General Anatoly Reinbot (later Anatoly Rezvoy), the chief of Moscow police.[6] She engaged the most fashionable Russian architect,Fyodor Schechtel, to remodel the mansion in the then-currentNeoclassical style, complete with a six-column Ionic portico.
On 21 January 1924,Vladimir Lenin, the first leader of theRussian SFSR and subsequently theUSSR, died at this estate, which he had used as his personaldacha since its nationalization in 1918.
After the Soviet government moved to Moscow in 1918, it nationalized the luxurious estate and converted it intoVladimir Lenin'sdacha. In September 1918, the Soviet leader recuperated there followingan assassination attempt. He spent an increasing amount of time there as his health declined over the following years. On May 15, 1923, Lenin followed medical advice and left theMoscow Kremlin for Gorki. He lived there in semi-retirement until his death on January 21, 1924.
After Lenin's death, Gorki was renamed "Gorki Leninskiye"[7] (meaning "Lenin's Gorki"). The house became a museum holding many of Lenin's possessions. Also located on the estate is a large museum built in 1987 concerning Lenin's life there, containing such artifacts as hisLast Testament (as transcribed byNadezhda Krupskaya), other documents, photos, books, Lenin's car (aRolls-Royce Silver Ghost), his wheelchairs, and his apartment and office from the Kremlin, reconstructed in a separate building. A monument representing "The Death of the Leader" was unveiled in the 18th-century park in 1958.
There has been an estate at Gorki since the late 18th century. In 1909 it was purchased byZinaida Morozova, the widow of Savva Morozov, the wealthy textile merchant and Bolshevik sympathiser. [...] In 1910, five years after Savva's suicide, Zinaida married for the third time [...] General Anatoly Reinbot, the Moscow head of police. Reinbot, who changed his German name to Rezvoy in 1914, fell foul of the law and, although pardoned by Nicholas II, Zinaida divorced him. In 1917 she was evicted from Gorki [...].
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