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Maxim Gorky
Portrait of Gorky, c. 1906
Portrait of Gorky, c. 1906
Born 28 March [O.S. March 16] 1868
Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire
Died 18 June 1936(1936-06-18) (aged 68)
Gorki Leninskiye, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
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Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov (In Russian Алексей Максимович Пешков) (Old style: 16 March 1868, New style: 28 March – 18 June 1936), better known as Maxim Gorky (Максим Горький), was a Soviet/Russian author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist.

From 1906 to 1913 and from 1921 to 1929 he lived abroad, mostly in Capri, Italy; after his return to the Soviet Union he accepted the cultural policies of the time, although he was not permitted to leave the country.

  • The Lower Depths (На дне), 1902
  • Children of the Sun (Дети солнца), 1905

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  • E. M. Lilien Ex Libris Gorki

    "Ex Libris Maxim Gorki" bookplate from his personal library depicts the unchained Prometheus rising from pages of a book, crushing a multi-tailed whip and shooing away black crows. Saint Basil's Cathedral portrayed in the background

  • Villa Behring on Capri

    Between 1909–1911 Gorky lived on the island of Capri in the burgundy-coloured "Villa Behring".

  • Avel Enukidze Joseph Stalin and Maxim Gorky Red Square 1931

    Avel Enukidze, Joseph Stalin and Maxim Gorky celebrate the 10th anniversary of Sportintern. Red Square, Moscow USSR. August 1931

  • Gorky Demons

    Gorky' s article "On the issue of Demons"

  • Kremlin Wall Necropolis - Gorky, Maxim 04

    Grave of Maxim Gorky in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis

  • Мемориальная доска писателю Максиму Горькому

    Gorky memorial plaque on Glinka street in Smolensk

  • RR5110-0153R

    Silver commemorative coin, 2 rubles "Maxim Gorky", 2018

  • Stamp 08

    Postage stamp USSR, 1932

  • Rus Stamp-Gorky-1932

    Postage stamp USSR, 1932

  • Stamp of USSR 0858

    Postage stamp, the USSR, 1943

  • Stamp of USSR 0859

    Postage stamp, the USSR, 1943

  • MaksimGorky2

    Postage stamp, the USSR, "10 years since the death of M. Gorky" (1946, 30 kopeeks)

  • MaksimGorky

    Postage stamp, the USSR, "10 years since the death of M. Gorky" (1946, 60 kopeeks)

  • DDR 1953 Maxim Gorky

    Postage stamp, GDR, 1953

  • The Soviet Union 1956 CPA 1969 stamp (Maxim Gorky (after Vasily Yefanov) and Scene from The Mother)

    Postage stamp, the USSR, 1956

  • 1958 CPA 2136

    Postage stamp, the USSR, 1958

  • 1959 CPA 2323

    Postage stamp, the USSR, 1959

  • The Soviet Union 1968 CPA 3615 stamp (Maxim Gorky (after Valentin Serov, 1905))

    Postage stamp, the USSR, 1968

  • Russia-2000-stamp-Maxim Gorky

    Postage stamp, Russia, "Rusiia. XX век. Culture" (2000, 1,30 rubles)

  • Памятник Горькому в Кишинёве (2015)

    Monument in Chisinau

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