Maxim Gorky in the memoirs of contemporaries . In 2 t. /Introduction. article and note. and . C. Eusptopa and L. L. Crundysheva; Sost. and prepare. Text A. A. Krundysheva . - M. Art. lit. , 1981. — 445 s. + 445 s. Memories included in the first volume of the collection tell about the youth of A. M. Gorky, about his time in Russia, about the writer's participation in the revolution of 1905-1907 and in the Great October Revolution, about his great social work in the early years of Soviet power The second volume includes memories of Gorky in the post-revolutionary period: his life in Sorrento, his triumphant trip to the Soviet country, his return to his homeland and the last days of his life.