My Universities (Moi universiteti) is the last installment of Russian director Mark Donskoy's "Maxim Gorki" trilogy. Having endured a painful youth in My Childhood and a torturous sojourn as a serf in My Apprenticeship, future writer Gorki reaches maturity with an insatiable desire for personal and artistic freedom. The "university" of the title is actual the school of Hard Knocks, as Gorky goes to work in the shipyards and commisserates with the hard-drinking, philosophical dockworkers.

Second entry in Ukrainian director Mark Donskoy's "Maxim Gorki" trilogy. Picking up where 1938's My Childhood left off, the story covers the years in Gorki's life when the future writer (Alexei Lyarsky) was on his own, looking for a purpose and place in life.

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky is a gripping portrayal of the early years of one of Russia's most important writers. The film follows Gorky, an orphan living in poverty, as he navigates through the harsh realities of urban life, witnessing the struggles of factory workers and finding solace in his friendships. Despite the hardships he faces, Gorky's passion for writing drives him to overcome adversity and become a renowned author.