Background
Gusev-Orenburgsky was born into the family of a merchant.
Gusev-Orenburgsky was born into the family of a merchant.
In 1893 he became a village priest, but left the priesthood in 1898. Gusev-Orenburgsky wrote about the impoverishment of the Russian countryside and criticized the church and its ministers. The Land of the Fathers depicts the development of revolutionary events in the city and countryside and creates the image of the peasant-revolutionary.
After the October Revolution he emigrated and lived in New New York
In 1928 he published the novel The Land of the Children.