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Province to a peasant father who had once been a serf. After gaining his freedom
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During this time he published poetry, short stories, and novellas, most of which were read and discussed among his friends in the Sreda. One of his songs, which he first sang at a meeting of the Sreda, was included in the beginning of the second act of Gorky's play
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Skitalets (top left), with fellow Sreda members in 1902.
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436:The Salt Pit and Other Stories; Introduction
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