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Issue ? 30. February 2012

V. Akimov and the Foundations of Social-democratic Tradition of Historiography of RSDWP (Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party)

Marina I. Smirnova

Ph.D., professor, Chair of History and Culturlology Department, Moscow Power Engineering Institute.
E-mail: SmirnovaMI@mpei.ru

The article is devoted to the historiographical analysis of the works of V.P. Akimov, one of the most consistent members of the economic direction in the Russian social-democracy. V.P. Akimov’s articles and books, still relevant today, including “Essay about the development of social-democracy in Russia” (1906), present the history of social-democratic tradition from the point of view of critical Marxism, and the development of Russian social-democracy is analyzed on the basis of the contradictions between the proletariat and intelligentsia, economics and politics, conspiratorial and democratic trends within the party.

Keywords

Historiography, Russian social-democracy, economic approach, RSDWP (Russian Social Democratic Workers’ Party).

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