Gorky vs Gorkiy

Gorky and Gorkiy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Gorky	Yes	No	No	No
Gorkiy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Gorky and Gorkiy are synonyms defined as:

Gorky and Gorkiy: an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky

Other synonyms of Gorky include Gorki, Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhnyi Novgorod.

Gorky (noun)	Gorkiy (noun)
an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky	an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky
Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts