Gorin is particularly credited with scripts for several plays and films,[1] which are regarded as important element of cultural reaction to the Era of Stagnation and perestroika in Soviet history.

Gorin was born in Moscow to a Ukrainian Jewish family of Soviet Army officer father hailed from Podolian Volochysk and doctor mother.

Gorin started publishing his satirical articles and sketches since 1960th, finally choosing writing as the professional career.

He died suddenly at home in Moscow on the night of June 15, 2000, at the age of 61 from a massive heart attack and was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery.

Many of Gorin's aphorisms became popular among the Soviet people, e. g. piano in the bushes,[citation needed] which means painstaking preparations for a would-be impromptu.