Maxim Gorky and Nizhny Novgorod. Around the museums

The writer Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) left a bright mark on the horizon of culture, his books still loves and reads the whole world.
In preserving the memory of the “Petrel ", Nizhny Novgorod plays a special role, where a whole museum complex has been created, revealing both literary creativity and the writer"s private life.
This is not surprising, because it was in the city on the Volga that Gorky was born and raised, here fame came to him.
The real album is dedicated to the history of the State Order of Honor of the Museum A.M. Gorky: the key milestones of its formation and evolution of a unique exposition, the opening of branches, inspired work and professionalism of employees, ups and downs of development and the formation of a unique collection. The book uses previously not published materials - rare photographs, archival documents, memoirs, diary entries, letters that will be interesting to everyone who is not indifferent to the history and culture of the Nizhny Novgorod Territory