M. Gorky Park

Gorky Central Park in Vinnytsia, located in its central part, is the largest place for recreation and leisure of citizens. Its area is 40 hectares. This place can be called special, perhaps nowhere else is pain and pity so intertwined with holidays and entertainment. The park, founded in 1936, witnessed, and to some extent "accomplice" to, communist purges and state terror. Next to him was the building of the NKVD, in whose courtyard were shot prisoners. The bodies of the unfortunates were buried in the park - two large burials were found here.

In the postwar period, the restoration of the park began, it became a place of cultural leisure. At its concert venue, famous artists performed, entertainment and cultural events were held for festive dates. On its territory there are summer concert venues, pop square, Green Theater, a fountain with colored spotlights, the Alley of Glory, the alley of lovers, a monument to M. Gorky and monuments to famous people who lived or worked in Vinnytsia. One of the entrances to the park, built in the form of an arch for the Olympics-80, became a symbol of the city.

On the territory of the park there are numerous monuments (M. Gorky near the main entrance, Afghan soldiers, Sich shooters, dead policemen), as well as the Alley of famous countrymen, leisure and recreation facilities work: the Rainbow cinema concert hall, summer theater, stadium, skating rink, city planetarium, numerous attractions and slot machines.