1. Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts
   - Maxim Gorky, Gorky, Maksim Gorky, Maxim Gorki, Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov
    
2. [archaic] An industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky
   - Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhnyi Novgorod, Nizhni Novgorod, Gorky [archaic], Gorkiy

Type of: author, city, metropolis, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn], writer

Part of: Russia, Russian Federation

Encyclopedia: Gorki, Plock County