Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov (
March 28,
1868 -
June 17,
1936), better known as
Maxim Gorky, was a
Russian author and political activist. He was born on the in the city of
Nizhny Novgorod, and died in
Moscow. From
1906 to
1913 and from
1921 to
1931 he lived abroad; 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 town of his birth was renamed Gorky[?] in his honour in 1932, although it reverted to its original name of Nizhny Novgorod in 1990.
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