L. Martov and M. Gorky. To the 150th anniversary of the birth of L. Martov

Abstract

The article tells about the relationship between L. Martov and M. Gorky, which lasted a decade and a half. Martov's letters to Gorky, introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, help to understand them better. The writer tried to reform the Sovremennik magazine three times. Initially, under the editorship of A.V. Amfiteatrov. Then - under E.A. Lyatsky. The third time when the magazine was headed by N.N. Sukhanov. At the third attempt to reform, Martov became the author of “Sovremennik”. After the closure of the magazine in the fall of 1915, he and a number of other authors moved to the “Chronicle” that Gorky had just created. N.N. Sukhanov became Gorky's co-editor for The Chronicle. Then they edited “New Life” together. Martov was the author of the newspaper. He emigrated in September 1920. Gorky was forced to leave Russia a year later. Abroad, the writer and the politician together edited the magazine “Chronicle of the Revolution”, published by the Publishing House of Z.I. Grzhebin. At the request of Martov Gorky, he defended the Social Revolutionaries who found themselves in the dock in the summer of 1922, wrote letters to A.I. Rykov and A. France. As a result, none of the SRS were shot this time. Gorky attended the funeral of Martov, who died on April 4, 1923 due to a serious illness.