Gorky
Gorky usually refers to Maxim Gorky, the pen name of Alexei Maksimovich Peshkov (1868–1936), a prominent Russian and Soviet writer and political figure. Born in the Russian Empire, he became one of the most influential realist authors of the early 20th century and a leading public intellectual in the Soviet period. His literary output includes the novella and play The Lower Depths (1902), the novel Mother (1906), and the autobiographical trilogy Childhood (1913) and My Universities (1924). Gorky was associated with the development of socialist realism and played a notable role in Soviet cultural life, although his relationship with the regime varied over time.
The name Gorky itself is a transliteration of the Russian word горький, meaning “bitter” or “harsh.” He
The term Gorky also appears in toponymy and public spaces. The city of Nizhny Novgorod was renamed