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"Gorki" (="Hills") is a widespread geographical name for settlements in Russia. Two "Gorkis" are the most well-known: 1. Gorki settlement 20 km south from Moscow (a place where Vladimir Lenin spent last years of his life) 2. Gorkiy (a big city 430 km east from Moscow, which had this name in Soviet times, the name was in honor of Soviet writer, Maxim Gorkiy) - now the city name is Nizhny Novgorod (or N.Novgorod)

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