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Customs do not concern themselves with right or wrong or reason. But they have to be obeyed; one may reason all around them until he is tired, but he must not transgress them, it is sternly forbidden.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Essay (1906), “The Gorky Incident,” Letters from the Earth (c. 1909; pub. 1962) [ed. DeVoto (1939)]

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Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines Apr 24

Friday, April 24, 2026

Human rights activists count 7 torture chambers detaining Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant staff -- Russian overnight strikes on Odesa residential buildings kill married couple, injure 15 -- 12 Russian FSB officers killed in drone strike on command post in occupied Donetsk -- Russians in Tuapse in disbelief after Ukrainian drones bring the war home ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/friday-april-24-2026/

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Putin's IBS Apr 23

ℹ️The #Gorky oil pumping station is one of the largest nodes in the structure of #JSC "Transneft-Upper Volga", part of the company's main oil pipelines system.

🔥Also, an oil depot in #Feodosia was hit.

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691

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Putin's IBS Apr 23

ℹ️#Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery - one of the largest oil refineries in the #Volga region, part of the #PJSC #Rosneft group. Processing capacity - 8-9 million tons of oil per year. Produces fuel for all types: automotive, aviation, marine; oil components, bitumens, coke and petrochemical products.

🔥In #Meshe of the #Kstovo district of the #Nizhegorod region, the #Gorky oil pumping station was attacked.

MikeDunnAuthor Jan 9

Today in Labor History January 9, 1905: Russia’s “Bloody Sunday” occurred, with soldiers of the Imperial Guard opening fire on unarmed protesters as they marched toward the Winter Palace. They killed as many as 234 people and injured up to 800. They also arrested nearly 7,300 people. The people were demanding better working conditions and pay, an end to the Russo-Japanese War and universal suffrage. Bolsheviks and Mensheviks opposed the march because it lacked revolutionary demands. The public was so outraged by the massacre that uprisings broke out in Moscow, Warsaw, Riga, Vilna and other parts of the empire. Over 400,000 participated in a General Strike. Protests and uprisings continued for months. The backlash was horrific. The authorities killed 15,000 peasants and sent 45,000 into exile. Another 20,000 were seriously injured. Shostakovich’s 11th Symphony is subtitled “The Year 1905.” Maxim Gorky’s novel, “The Life of a Useless Man,” depicts Bloody Sunday.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #russia #bloodysunday #bolshevik #GeneralStrike #massacre #Revolution #novel #gorky #shostakovich #books #writer #author #uprising @bookstadon

George 🍦🚲 🥾 ✌️🌎 🌌Dec 22

Good Morning!

Arshile Gorky sends us a greeting from 1941. On exhibit at The Armenian Museum, Watertown, MA, USA. #art #artist #Gorky #GreetingCard #GoodDay

Montag Nov 23, 2025

Aujourd'hui, j’reprends la lecture de l'œuvre de Maxime Gorky, " Les époux Orlov ", traduit du russe par Claude Momal pour les éditions Hier et Aujourd'hui-1956 , après avoir lu récemment la traduction qu’en avaient fait S. Kikina & P. -G. La Chesnais pour le Mercure de France-1946.
#mastolivre #lecture #littérature #Gorky

Montag Nov 21, 2025

#VendrediLecture, avec, le livre de Maxime Gorky, dégoté il y a quelques jours chez mon bouquiniste, " Les déchus ".
C'est traduit du russe par S. Kikina & P.-G. La Chesnais.
Mercure de France 1946.
#mastolivre #lecture #littérature #Gorky #bouquiniste

kaggsy59 Oct 3, 2025

“What a rogue he is.” #gorky #tolstoy #fitzcarraldoeditions

One of the authors who popped up as an option when I was considering what to read for 1925 was the Russian writer, Maxim Gorky. His novel, "The Artamonov Business", was published in that year and I do have a copy lurking as a possible read. However, I noticed from a Fitzcarraldo newsletter that they were issuing a non-fiction work by Gorky, …

https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/what-a-rogue-he-is-gorky-tolstoy-fitzcarraldoeditions/

“What a rogue he is.” #gorky #tolstoy #fitzcarraldoeditions

One of the authors who popped up as an option when I was considering what to read for 1925 was the Russian writer, Maxim Gorky. His novel, “The Artamonov Business”, was published in tha…

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Иван Jul 28, 2025

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(из поездки в Нижний Новгород //from a trip to Nizhny Novgorod)

camera: Sony NEX-5n
lens: 7Artisans f1.4 35mm
#nizhnynovgorod #russia #gorky #street