A Moment of Truth about Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) is extensively considered a Bolshevik author, closely allied with the likes of Lenin and Stalin. But that is a ways from the fact. Gorky’s actual name turned into Alexei Maximovich Peshkov. He chose the pseudonym "Gorky" – "sour" in Russian – to describe his early studies from the age of eight as …