Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Somunyori anobudirira mune zvemari, mupepeti, uye munyori wemitambo, Gorky akapa rutsigiro rwemari kuRussia Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP), pamwe chete nekutsigira zvikumbiro zvehurumende kune hurumende yekodzero dzevanhu uye kugadzirisa magariro evanhu. Kupfurwa kwoutsinye kwavashandi vaifora vachienda kuna Tsar nechikumbiro chechinjo musi wa 9 January 1905 (inozivikanwa se
"Svondo Rine Ropa"), iro rakaita kuti Shanduko ya1905 iitike, rinoratidzika kuva rakasundira Gorky nenzira yakasimba zvikuru kunzira dzakakomba. Akava pedyo naVladimir Lenin naAlexander Bogdanov's Bolshevik bapiro rebato, naBogdanov achitora mutoro wekutamisa mari kubva kuna Gorky kuenda kuVpered. Hazvina kujeka kana akambobatana navo nenzira yapamutemo, uye ukama hwake naLenin nemaBolshevik hwaizogara huchinetsa. Zvinyorwa zvake zvine simba zvikuru mumakore aya yaiva nhevedzano yemitambo yezvematongerwe enyika, yakakurumbira zvikuru "The Lower Depths" (1902). Paakanga akasungwa kwenguva pfupi muPeter naPaul Fortress panguva yeRussian Revolution ya1905, Gorky akanyora mutambo unonzi "Vana veZuva", wakagadzwa panguva yechirwere checholera cha1862, asi zvakajairika kunzwisiswa kuti zvine chekuita nezviitiko zvemazuva ano. Akasunungurwa mutirongo mushure memushandirapamwe weEuropean-wide, uyo wakatsigirwa naMarie Curie, Auguste Rodin naAnatole France, pakati pevamwe.