Maxim Gorky and the Yaroslavl text

The work is devoted to determining the place of M. Gorky in the structure of the so-called Yaroslavl text. The material is interpreted in the event-biographical, historical and literary aspects; the results of the study are presented. It is probably the first time that Gorky is incorporated into the structure of a local text, the type to which the Yaroslavl text belongs. This scientific idea is realized through solving a number of tasks: to complement the definitions of the Yaroslavl text, and the author's myth, to determine their biographical, authorological, historical and literary contours; to correlate the space of the Yaroslavl text and the biography and creative pursuits of Gorky. The tasks have been solved through the study of creative connections, cross-references, parallels, personal and family relations. The author of the article presents some original findings and draws a number of conclusions.The biographical data on Gorky, the Volzhin sisters, and the Bogdanovich family - Adam Bogdanovich and his son Maxim, a classic of Belarusian literature - are of particular interest. The most significant results of the work were the following. Gorky is included in the space of the Yaroslavl text. The diary and the document are taken into account as a valuable element in the writer's heritage, and the attitude toward them as a secondary, auxiliary material is overcome. The approaches to the material used determined the novelty of Gorky's legacy and the interpretation of his biographical data. The article gives new assessments of famous works, clarifies the writer's position, and shows its connection with the writer's biography and his work. Some observations are made in the field of aesthetic and poetics of prose and the artistic nature of Gorky's writings. The article is addressed to philologists, literary critics, researchers of the XX century Russian literature and culture.