Gorky Park is famous for many things, not many of them good. For Muscovites, their city's biggest green space used to be known as a place of regimented Soviet-era fun, full of strolling proletarian ...

Of all Russia's communist-era landmarks, arguably none carries more resonance than Gorky Park. After this imposing "park of culture and leisure" was opened amid much fanfare in 1928, it quickly became ...

Ever since it was opened in 1928, Gorky Park has been a central part of Moscow life. Although it became somewhat decrepit in the years after the collapse of communism, it has enjoyed a facelift since ...

GIJON, Spain (Reuters Life!) - U.S. author Martin Cruz Smith has just finished writing the latest in a series of novels about Moscow Detective Arkady Renko, who was played by William Hurt in the 1983 ...

On a recent Friday night in Moscow, I went for a stroll through Gorky Park, along the Moscow River. Mothers were pushing their toddlers in strollers; couples were walking hand-in-hand; people in ...

A Russian television correspondent was dealt a serious blow Wednesday, in a literal sense, as he attempted to cover celebrations marking a national holiday in honor of Russia's Airborne Troops. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Cruz Smith in 2011: he was denounced in the USSR as “anti-Soviet scum” – “exactly the reaction I’d hoped for” - Leonardo ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Cruz Smith, the best-selling mystery novelist who engaged readers for decades with “Gorky Park” and other thrillers featuring Moscow investigator Arkady Renko, has died at age ...