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According to Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Gorky's return to the Soviet Union was motivated by material needs.

In Sorrento, Gorky found himself without money and without fame.

He visited the USSR several times after 1929, and in 1932 Joseph Stalin personally invited him to return for good, an offer he accepted.

In June 1929, Gorky visited Solovki ( cleaned up for this occasion ) and wrote a positive article about that Gulag, which had already gained ill fame in the West.

Later he stated that everything he had written was under the control of censors.

What he actually saw and thought when visiting the camp has been a highly discussed topic.