Directed by Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie, *Summerfolk* is set during a hot summer in 1905 and follows a group of ...

When the revolutionary writer arrived in New York City, he slammed headfirst into a scandal. By Edward Sorel In April 1906, Czar Nicholas caved in to protests from around the world, and released Maxim ...

Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, (1868-1936), better known as Maxim Gorky, was a Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist. In 1906, the author, through a ...

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The structure of Gorky's autobiography presented director Mark Donskoy with his greatest problem. A series of anecdotes, characters, observations, and philosophical reminiscences, the three volumes ...

There are no showtimes for The Childhood of Maxim Gorky. You can stream it or buy it on digital platforms below. The structure of Gorky's autobiography presented director Mark Donskoy with his ...

"The ANT-20 was designed by Andrei Tupolev and constructed between July 4, 1933 and April 3, 1934. It was one of two aircraft of its kind ever built by the Soviets. The aircraft was named after Maxim ...

Novel following the radicalisation of an uneducated young Russian woman, which went on to define the genre of Socialist Realism.

STORMY PETREL: THE LIFE AND WORK OF MAXIM GORKY by Dan Levin. 329 pages. Appleton-Century. $7.95. Maxim Gorky’s life was the irresistible legend: unschooled Volga boatman turned great writer, angry ...