Gorky: Passion for Maxim

Maxim Gorky – one of the most complex personalities of the late 19th – early 20th century. Even today, he remains a mysterious figure, largely inexplicable.
There are disputes about the circumstances of his departure from life: some believe that he died a natural death, while others think he was "helped," and about his literary greatness. Was his fame initially a result of revolutionary fashion, and then – ideological propaganda? Why did he emigrate from Lenin, but return to Stalin?
Pavel Basinsky – writer and journalist, winner of the "Big Book" prize, author of bestsellers "Leo Tolstoy: Escape from Paradise," "The True Story of Anna Karenina," and "The True Story of Konstantin Levin," as well as "Saint Against the Lion," "The Lion in the Shadow of the Lion," and "Look at Me. The Secret History of Lisa Dyakonova" – answers these and other questions.