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Maxim Gorky
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
Signature

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

Images for kids

  • Maxim Gorky authographed portrait

    A portrait

  • Joseph Stalin and Maxim Gorky, 1931

    Maxim Gorky and Joseph Stalin, 1931

  • MaksimGorky

    A postage stamp from 1946 (from the Soviet Union

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

    Another Soviet postage stamp from 1968

  • Path to happiness is work (Gorky)

    Path to happiness is work, by Maxim Gorky

  • 1900 yalta-gorky and chekhov

    Anton Chekhov and Gorky. 1900, Yalta

  • 1900 yasnaya polyana-gorky and tolstoy

    Leo Tolstoy with Gorky in Yasnaya Polyana, 1900

  • Villa Bering IMG 4807

    In 1909–1911 Gorky lived on Capri at villa Behring (burgundy).

  • Joseph Stalin and Maxim Gorky 1932

    Gorky with Joseph Stalin near the Kremlin in 1931

  • M Dmitrovka Ryabushinsky Schechtel side

    On his definitive return to the Soviet Union in 1932, Maxim Gorky received the Ryabushinsky Mansion, designed in 1900 by Fyodor Schechtel for the Ryabushinsky family. The mansion today houses a museum about Gorky.

  • Maxim Gorky bust

    Maxim Gorky bust in Yerevan

  • Angelique Rockas in rehearsal as Tatiana in Gorky`s 'Enemies` with Mark Knox as Sintsov

    Angelique Rockas in rehearsal as Tatiana in Gorky`s 'Enemies` with Mark Knox as Sintsov


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