Moscow, Nauka Publishing House. 1970. 579 pp. The print run is 3,300. Price 2 rubles 56 kopecks. The historical experience of the revolutionary struggle of the Russian working class "has gone down in history as the conquest of socialism, and on this experience,"said V. I. Lenin," the future international revolution will build its socialist edifice. " 1 The book of Doctor of Historical Sciences L. S. Gaponenko is devoted to the revolutionary creativity of the working class of Russia in 1917. This serious, multi-faceted study brings a lot of new and valuable information to the scientific development of the problem, contains an analysis of the achievements of Soviet historiography in this area, and reveals the degree to which the most important aspects of the topic have been studied. The monograph is a contribution to the study of the history of the working class and the labor movement in the period of preparation and implementation of the socialist revolution. Based on a wealth of documentary and statistical material, in the light of Lenin's theoretical propositions, the author examines the structure of the Russian working class, traces the dynamics of the number of all categories of wage workers on the eve of Great October. L. S. Gaponenko rightly notes that much attention has recently been paid to this issue. As a result, data on the number of the industrial proletariat became less controversial. However, scientific statistics on the size of the Russian working class during this period leave much to be desired. The literature still contains contradictory data on certain categories of wage workers. The book clarifies the information previously published by the author about certain categories of hired workers employed in small (artisanal) enterprises, etc. Analyzing the statistical and archival material, L. S. Gaponenko concludes that the peculiarity of the monopolistic development of Russian industry was that under the favorable military situation, production and lab ... Читать далее