At that time, the people's revolutionary movement was surging, and the reactionary czar government stepped up its suppression of the people. It was a time of fierce fighting between revolution and counter-revolution. Gorky arrived in Petersburg from Nizhny Novgorod (renamed Gorky City during the Soviet period and renamed it after the disintegration of the Soviet Union) on February/KOOC-0/90/KOOC-0/,attended a special meeting held by the Russian Writers Association to commemorate the 40th anniversary of serf liberation, and delivered a sharp speech attacking the czar government. On March 4th, he participated in a student demonstration near Kazan Cathedral in Petersburg and witnessed the bloody suppression of students by the Tsar's constitutional police. He also signed an open letter written by some writers and social activists to protest against the atrocities of the czar's government. Return to Nizhny Novgorod on March 12. Gorky, who was born at the bottom of society and knew the sufferings of the people at the bottom, personally felt the majestic momentum of the workers' movement and the students' movement, and witnessed the brutal crimes of the Tsar government in suppressing the students' movement. In order to enthusiastically praise the pioneers of proletarian revolution, expose the reactionary government of the Tsar, attack opportunists and expose the ugly faces of bourgeois liberals, Gorky wrote the symbolic short stories Fantasia and Melody of Spring. Finally, the famous prose poem Haiyan (it is estimated that the writing time of this work will not be earlier than March 14, nor later than March 24th).
Haiyan used symbolic means to call on the people to carry out revolutionary struggle and meet the coming revolutionary storm. Once this work was published, it had a great response on Russian soil. It was widely spread by revolutionaries in the form of offset printing and manuscripts, and became the most popular, propaganda and appealing "leaflet" for a time. This poem has had an impact on the revolutionary struggle of workers and the development of the peasant movement, and the student anti-government movement has become more intense. Lenin wrote in the article 190 12 "The Demonstrations Began": "Now we see that for various reasons, demonstrations have sprung up in subways, Moscow and Harkov. People's anger is growing everywhere, and it is increasingly necessary to merge this anger into a torrent, which will impact the tyrannical system that is rampant and rampant everywhere. ..... When people's resentment and open struggle start everywhere on Mars in Generation, the first and main thing is to supply a lot of fresh air to make these sparks burn into a raging fire! " It is also deeply appreciated by Lenin and Stalin, and is known as the "revolutionary poem of fighting". In Russia at that time, Haiyan was "the horn that inspired the people's revolution".