M. Gorky’s Unfulfilled Literary and Publishing Project  The History of the Gorky Region

Occupation: Leading Researcher
Affiliation: A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka

Edition

Volume 82 Issue 5

Pages

68-77

Abstract

The article attempts to reconstruct M. Gorky’s unfulfilled plan of the 1930s on the basis of archival sources: to create a book series “The History of Cities as the history of Russian life&8j1; and within its framework, with the help of a team of modern authors, to write a book about the past and present of Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky). Based on the material of the writer’s correspondence with the party curator of this project, L.Yu. Schmidt and his other participants, as well as with the help of archival and printed sources, the origin of the idea of the book “The History of the Gorky Region&8j1; and the beginning of the work of the team of authors on its implementation are shown. The reasons that prevented the implementation of this project have been identified. The conclusion is made about the special importance that Gorky attached to it, and about the role that the work on the book played in the creative fate of the project participants.

Keywords

M. Gorky, “The history of cities as the history of Russian lifeˮ, “The History of the Gorky Regionˮ, A.N. Tikhonov, L.Y. Schmidt, L.N. Seifullina, V.N. Zhakova

Received

22.01.2024

Publication date

29.01.2024

Number of characters

35994

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GOST	Primochkina N. M. Gorky’s Unfulfilled Literary and Publishing Project “The History of the Gorky Region” // Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka – 2024. – V. 82. – Issue 5 C. 68-77 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://izv-oifn.ru/S160578800028328-6-1 (circulation date: 20.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S160578800028328-6
MLA	Primochkina, Natalia N "M. Gorky’s Unfulfilled Literary and Publishing Project “The History of the Gorky Region”." Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 82.5 (2024):68-77. DOI: 10.31857/S160578800028328-6
APA	Primochkina N. (2024). M. Gorky’s Unfulfilled Literary and Publishing Project “The History of the Gorky Region”. Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 82(5), pp.68-77 DOI: 10.31857/S160578800028328-6

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