“The heroes of Maxim Gorky’s stories and tales attracted everyone’s attention as people endowed with unusual spiritual strength, as heroes of iron will and energy, as bearers of the “superhuman principle,” as peculiar “Nietzschean” natures. The other side of the coin is the dramatic moment of their existence, their spiritual drama seemed to remain in the shadows. Meanwhile, in order to appreciate the essence of their “superhuman” aspirations and impulses, it is necessary, first of all, to understand the essence of their spiritual drama. ..."