Gorky

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exonym former name of city

Gorky is the former name of the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, historically known as a closed city in the Soviet era and a site of internal exile for dissidents.

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Label Occurrences
Gorky canonical 9

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf exonym ⓘ
former name of city ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Gorky Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ
closedCityDuring Soviet era ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
economicSector automotive industry ⓘ
defense industry ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
endTime 1990 ⓘ
1991 ⓘ
formerNameOf Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ
governedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation 56.3269°N 44.0059°E ⓘ
hasHeritage historic trading city ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic major city ⓘ
hasRole industrial center ⓘ
transport hub ⓘ
hasSuccessorName Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ
hasTransportInfrastructure major highways ⓘ
railway junction ⓘ
river port ⓘ
knownFor being a closed city ⓘ
internal exile of dissidents ⓘ
locatedIn Russia ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
locatedOnRiver Oka River ⓘ
Volga River ⓘ
namedAfter Maksim Gorky ⓘ
surface form: Maxim Gorky
nowAdministrativeCenterOf Nizhny Novgorod Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf European Russia ⓘ
Volga Federal District ⓘ
politicalSystemDuringNameUse communist state ⓘ
renamedBackTo Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ
renamingContext perestroika ⓘ
surface form: Perestroika reforms

collapse of the Soviet Union ⓘ
restrictionReason military industry ⓘ
strategic importance ⓘ
startTime 1932 ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
usedAsPlaceOfInternalExileDuring late Soviet period ⓘ
usedAsPlaceOfInternalExileFor Andrei Sakharov ⓘ
usedInLanguage Russian ⓘ
wasClosedCity true ⓘ
wasRestrictedToForeigners true ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andrei Sakharov → placeOfExile → Gorky ⓘ
Torpedo Gorky → location → Gorky ⓘ
Torpedo Gorky → cityDuringSovietEra → Gorky ⓘ
Torpedo Gorky → homeCityFormerName → Gorky ⓘ
Torpedo Gorky → homeArenaCity → Gorky ⓘ
Fritz Noether → placeOfDeath → Gorky ⓘ
Mátyás Rákosi → placeOfDeath → Gorky ⓘ
Vladimir Ashkenazy → placeOfBirth → Gorky ⓘ
Maxim Gorky (city name Gorky) → hasAlternativeName → Gorky ⓘ
subject surface form: Maxim Gorky