The Development of Capitalism in Russia

Main Ideas

• Analysis of agrarian relations in late 19th-century Russia and their transformation under the influence of capitalism.
• Investigation of the disintegration of the peasantry and the formation of a rural bourgeoisie.
• Examination of the role of industry and its impact on agriculture.
• Critique of populist theories and assertion of the inevitability of capitalist development.
• Study of the class structure of Russian society and the formation of the proletariat.
• Analysis of economic differentiation and its consequences for the social structure.
• Justification of the necessity for a socialist revolution as a consequence of capitalist development.