Description: Gorki is the name of a small village situated 30 kilometres southeast of Moscow and the beautiful estate located there. Lenin spent the last years of his life there. In the 16th century the estate belonged to Lidya Morozova, an industrialist’s wife. After the revolution of 1917 it was confiscated and turned into Lenin’s residence where he recovered once after being wounded in 1918 and again after the stroke in 1922. Nowadays it houses a museum.
Main attractions: Old country mansion “Gorki”, middle XVIII c.
Magnificent park, one of the best parks in Europe.
Lenin’s Study and Apartments at the Kremlin Museum.
Museum of Peasants’ life in Russia.
Open: Wednesday - Monday, 10:00 - 16:00, except last Monday of every month. |